Protect Privacy Without Slowing Down Your Work

Privacy at work made easy with practical AI data protection tips and workflows for employees. Discover simple, safe AI privacy habits, workplace data protection strategies, and how to protect confidential data without losing productivity. Learn how to use AI tools confidently with safe AI prompts, redacting sensitive information, and avoiding PII and trade secrets in your workflows.

What You'll Learn:

• How to use a simple 3‑question privacy screening test before pasting anything into an AI tool
• How to quickly decide if data is too sensitive, too personal, or too confidential to share with AI
• How to spot PII and regulated data (names, IDs, health, financials) that must stay out of prompts
• How to rewrite prompts using redacted, synthetic, or generic data so you can still get AI help
• How to build a short, repeatable privacy-at-work workflow that takes seconds, not minutes
• How to balance AI productivity tips with real-world workplace data protection rules
• How to apply these ideas to your own role, starting with one small, low‑risk experiment this week
• How to capture key takeaways in writing so you remember and act on them over time

Episode Content:

• 00:00 - Introduction: why privacy at work matters even more with AI
• 04:12 - The core tension: AI productivity vs. data privacy for employees
• 08:45 - The 3-question privacy test: WHOSE data, HOW sensitive, COULD it identify someone or a secret?
• 15:30 - What counts as PII and confidential business information in everyday work
• 21:05 - Safe AI prompts: examples of risky vs. privacy-safe inputs
• 27:40 - Redacting sensitive information and using synthetic data in prompts
• 33:10 - Building a fast, repeatable privacy workflow you can use every day
• 39:20 - 4 common misconceptions about AI privacy and what the research actually shows
• 44:55 - Your action plan: write down key points, pick one area, and take a tiny step this week