Yes. Enterprise tools are built with security in mind. Free and personal versions of ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude and Mistral can train on your chats by default unless you opt out, while enterprise versions promise in their contracts not to train on your data. They also encrypt data in transit and can keep it in the EU.
- Tools that run inside your organisation's own environment go a step further, because the data never leaves it.
- Your own models on your own servers are the safest option, but very expensive and quickly out of date.
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Is Copilot on the Web Safe for work Data?
It depends on which account you sign in with. With a personal account, treat Copilot as a public third-party tool. With your work credentials, it runs inside your organisation's Microsoft 365 environment with enterprise data protection. Look for the green shield at the top, which shows enterprise data protection is switched on.
Is it Safe to connect ChatGPT to my Google account?
It is about as safe as the Google account itself. Connecting through an official connector does not change the security of your Google data, and both companies hold recognised security certifications. Perfect safety never exists, though, and a personal tool is never protected like a managed work environment, so for personal use the decision is yours.
Can I use AI to create Presentation slides?
Yes, AI presentation tools are fine for building a draft deck from public information. Let the tool create the structure and content from public material, then take the deck into your own tools and template and add any work-specific or confidential data there yourself. That keeps sensitive data out of public tools.