Safety & Privacy
Use AI without giving away too much
Simple checks before you paste text, upload a file, or share something from work, school, or everyday life.
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What are you about to share?
Choose the question closest to your situation. Each guide gives you a practical decision, not a legal lecture.
Can I upload this file?
Is It Safe to Upload Documents to AI?
A practical checklist for deciding whether a document is safe to upload—and making a clean copy when it is not.
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What should I keep private?
What Information Should You Never Share With AI?
A plain-English checklist of information to remove before using AI, plus safer ways to get the same task done.
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How do I clean a file first?
How to Remove Personal Information Before Uploading a File
Make a safer copy of a PDF or document before using AI, with simple redaction steps and a final check for hidden information.
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Can You Trust AI for Election Information?
AI can help explain election terms, but check every deadline, ID rule, polling place, and personal voter record on the current official election website.
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Fake Payment Screenshot Scam: How to Verify a Payment
A buyer's screenshot is not proof of payment. Check the transaction inside your own account before you ship, hand over an item, or refund anything.
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Are AI Agents Safe? 7 Things to Check
Before connecting an AI agent to email or calendar, check what it can read, what it can change, and whether it must ask before acting.
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How to Tell if an AI Training Job Is a Scam
Check an AI training or data annotation job before you share ID, bank details, pay a fee, or start unpaid work. Use this five-minute verification path.
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Are AI Detectors Accurate? What to Do If Your Writing Is Flagged
AI detector scores are not proof. Here is what to save, what to ask for, and how to request a human review when your own writing is flagged.
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Can Your Employer See Your ChatGPT History?
What a workplace may—and may not—see when you use ChatGPT on a managed account, company device, or work network.
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How to Tell If a Video Is AI-Generated
A practical five-minute check for suspicious videos—without trusting one visual clue or detector score.
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How to Spot an AI Phishing Email
AI phishing emails can sound polished and personal. Check the sender, request, link, and verification route before you click, reply, pay, or share a code.
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Can You Use an AI Headshot on LinkedIn?
An AI headshot can work on LinkedIn when it clearly looks like you. Use this quick accuracy, privacy, and professionalism check first.
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What if I already shared private information?
What to Do If You Shared Personal Information With ChatGPT
The first steps to take after sharing a password, identity detail, private file, payment information, or confidential work content with ChatGPT.
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Is ChatGPT safe for my child?
Is ChatGPT Safe for Kids? A Parent’s Guide to Privacy and Age Limits
A plain-English guide to ChatGPT age rules, teen safeguards, parental controls, privacy, homework, and when a child should ask a real person instead.
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Should I upload this photo?
Is It Safe to Upload Photos to ChatGPT?
Decide which photos are reasonable to upload, what to crop or remove first, and which images should stay out of a consumer AI chat.
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Could that familiar voice be fake?
AI Voice Scams: How to Spot and Avoid Voice Cloning Fraud
What to do when an urgent call sounds exactly like someone you know—and how to verify the story before sending money or information.
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Is this image real or AI-generated?
How to Tell If an Image Is AI-Generated
A practical way to check an image's source, history, and provenance without trusting visual glitches or one detector score.
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Before you paste or upload
If one answer makes you pause, remove the sensitive details or use an approved tool instead.
- Is it yours to share?Check that you have permission to use the text, file, or recording.
- Does it identify someone?Remove names, contact details, account numbers, IDs, and signatures.
- Is it confidential?Do not share private work, client, school, medical, or financial information.
- Do you know what the tool keeps?Check training, storage, and deletion settings before uploading.
- Would a leak cause harm?When the stakes are high, use a safer copy or do not upload it.
For any AI tool
Know what happens to your information
- Training
- Can your prompts or files be used to improve the service?
- Storage
- How long are chats, recordings, and uploaded files kept?
- Deletion
- Does deleting a chat also remove files saved elsewhere?
- Account and billing
- Do you need an account or a credit card before you can try it?
- Work and school
- Does your organization allow this tool and this type of material?
- Safer options
- Is there an approved business, education, or enterprise version?
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