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How AI tools could be leaking your company data

Wednesday, December 03, 2025 | 5 MINS

The integration of AI into the workplace is now commonplace - so much so it's almost part of the team in a lot of businesses.

From using ChatGPT for email drafts to leveraging Claude for document summarization and AI assistants for administrative tasks, AI is helping us in ways we could only imagine as recently as a few years ago.

The risk with the reward

These technologies are highly beneficial, yet they pose an unacknowledged security threat. Without robust internal safeguards, using these tools can lead to major data breaches.

In fact, studies confirm that sensitive corporate data such as financial details, proprietary reports, and confidential client information has been discovered in public search results after being shared with general-purpose AI platforms.

Understand what’s happening, and how to keep your data safe

This article from the South West Cyber Resilience Centre runs over the problem, why it's happening, and most importantly, how to solve it.  

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