About this guide
AI has moved into every corner of how a small business runs — but almost nobody talks about what happens to your data every time you type a prompt. Every prompt is data leaving your device: it can be logged, retained, human-reviewed, or used to train a model you don't control.
This is the practical system for getting the upside of AI without handing your business away one prompt at a time. No fearmongering, no jargon — a set of rules, settings, and workflows you can put in place this week.
What you'll learn
- The five settings to change in every AI tool to shut off the biggest leaks
- A short list of what to never paste — and what's perfectly safe
- A redaction workflow for using AI on client work without breaking trust
- A fill-in one-page AI privacy policy you can adopt immediately
Table of Contents
- Why This Matters
- What Actually Happens to Your Data
- The Golden Rules: What to Never Paste
- Locking Down Your AI Tools
- Handling Client Data Without Breaking Trust
- Going Local: Private and Offline AI
- Your One-Page AI Privacy Policy
- The AI Privacy Checklist