Israeli Regulator: Public Should Avoid Disclosing Personal Info When Using Generative AI
People who use generative AI for personal use at home risk exposing their data and other privacy harms, Israel's Privacy Protection Authority noted Tuesday in recommendations for safeguarding personal information.
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As such, people using generative AI systems should keep the amount of personal data they input to a minimum, the watchdog said. They should avoid whenever possible mentioning identifying details if not essential to the question asked; and try not to share financial, medical and any other sensitive information about themselves or others.
Generative AI users should formulate general questions, the authority said: Instead of "I am looking for" use "What are, which or how."
It also suggested asking the system to delete all personal data or specific details from time to time, if that option is available.
One risk to personal information entered into a generative AI system is that it might be used to train or improve the algorithm, affecting the outcomes produced for other users of the system, the authority said. For example, someone's name, address, phone number or email address could appear in a list or product that the system is asked to generate by someone else.
In addition, the transmission of personal data from the AI system to a third party could be exploited for phishing, impersonation and other uses, it said.