Using AI on documents means processing personal data. This guide gathers everything you need to stay GDPR-compliant: minimization, transfers, the AI Act, liability, and what to do in case of a leak.
The basic rule
Never send to an AI what identifies a person. Anonymizing upstream cuts the risk at the source, whatever the tool.
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All the articles in this guide
- GDPR and AI: who is liable in case of a leak?The liability falls on you. How to reduce it at the source.
- Data minimization: the GDPR principle AI makes you forgetGive the AI only what is needed, not the identity.
- Are your ChatGPT conversations really private?Even your history becomes a risk. The simple fix.
- The EU AI Act and your documents: 3 réflexesMap, do not expose, document: the right réflexes.
- Data leak via AI: what to do?Assess, contain, notify within 72h, prevent: the right réflexes.
- Transferring data outside the EU via AI: what the GDPR saysUS AI = transfer outside the EU. How anonymizing reduces the risk.
- Checklist: using AI without breaking the GDPRBefore, during, after: the practical checklist to keep handy.
- The cost of a data leak via AIGDPR fines, reputation: what drives up the bill.
- ChatGPT and GDPR at work: the 2026 guideRisks, method, and what to mask depending on the document.