Safe, responsible and legal use
This is the module that keeps you and your employer out of trouble. Data protection, bias, honesty, and knowing when NOT to use AI.
Your goals
- Protect personal and confidential data (UK GDPR).
- Handle bias, accuracy and disclosure responsibly.
- Know when not to use AI, and follow your policy.
Data protection first
Never feed it secrets
Don’t put personal data, client details or confidential information into public AI tools. UK GDPR still applies to anything you paste. Use employer-approved tools for sensitive work.
Which is safe to paste into a public AI tool?
Bias, accuracy and disclosure
AI can be biased and can be wrong — and you are accountable for what you send. Check outputs for fairness and errors. Where it matters — advice, official documents, decisions about people — be honest that AI was involved.
When NOT to use AI
Avoid AI as the decider for legal, financial or medical advice, for final decisions about people (hiring, discipline), and for anything you can’t verify. Always follow your employer’s AI policy.
Screening CVs
A busy HR manager wants AI to score and reject job applicants automatically to save time.
What should they do? Think, then reveal.
Reveal the answer
Stop — high risk.
Auto-rejecting people risks bias and data-protection breaches, and the decision is one a human must own. Check company policy, keep a human in the loop, and don’t feed personal data into public tools.
End-of-module quiz
3 questions. You need 2 to pass. Retake as often as you like.
Question 1
Safe to put into public AI?
Question 2
Who is accountable for AI output you send?
Question 3
A poor use of AI is…
Remember this
- Never put personal or confidential data into public AI — UK GDPR applies.
- You’re accountable: check for bias and errors, disclose where it matters.
- Don’t let AI make legal, financial, medical or people decisions; follow policy.
Finish all 8 modules and pass each quiz to earn your AI Skills for Work certificate of completion — shareable on your CV and LinkedIn. CPD accreditation is being arranged.