Module 1: Realistic AI Workflows · Lesson 3 of 3

AI, Customer Data and Responsibility

Protect customer information and stay honest when using AI in marketing.

1 min readUpdated 2026-09-26

Lesson objectives

  • Handle personal data safely with AI tools
  • Apply honesty standards to AI content

Data protection

  • Read each tool's data-use and retention terms before uploading customer information.
  • Remove names, emails and other identifiers from data you paste in where possible.
  • Use business plans or settings that exclude your data from training where available and appropriate.
  • Follow privacy laws that apply to you and your customers.

Honesty

  • Never use AI to generate fake reviews, testimonials, people or results.
  • Fact-check statistics and claims before publishing.
  • Be transparent where AI is used in ways customers would reasonably expect to know about, such as chat assistants.

Action steps

  1. Check the data terms of the AI tools you use

Checklist

  • Personal data minimised
  • No AI-generated social proof
  • Claims fact-checked

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