What should employees not put into ChatGPT?

The answer before the details

Employees should not paste customer records, patient or financial data, passwords, contracts, private strategy, source code, proprietary documents or regulated information into unmanaged AI tools. The practical rule is simple: if the business would not email it to an unknown outside vendor, it should not go into ChatGPT without an approved workspace, policy and review path.

Use this FAQ to answer the first buyer question, then compare the related service pages and the assessment path before choosing a tool, vendor or automation workflow.

Is all ChatGPT use unsafe?

No. AI can be useful for drafting, summarizing public information, brainstorming and internal productivity when data boundaries and approved tools are clear.

What data needs extra care?

Customer, patient, financial, employee, legal, credential, source-code, contract, vendor and proprietary process information should be governed before employees paste it into AI tools.

What should a policy include?

Approved tools, prohibited data, review requirements, examples, escalation paths and who owns exceptions.

Can Tensor Garden help implement this?

Yes. The work can include acceptable-use policy support, AI workflow design, access controls, approved tool selection and staff-facing examples.

What to avoid

Common ways this answer gets misused.

• Treating the answer as a replacement for scoping the actual business system.
• Choosing a product before ownership, data exposure, escalation and human review are clear.
• Leaving the answer disconnected from the service page or assessment path that should follow it.