daBongo LMS AI Training Courses

Lesson Content

The core principle.

Information you enter into Perplexity AI travels through Perplexity's systems and may be retained, processed, or used according to their privacy policy. You do not control what happens to it after you submit it. This means the standard is simple: do not enter information you would not want to exist anywhere outside your direct control.

Six categories – never enter into Perplexity or any AI tool.

1. Government-issued identification: Social Security Numbers, passport numbers, driver's license numbers, taxpayer ID numbers. No legitimate research purpose requires entering another person's identifying numbers.

2. Financial credentials and account details: Bank account numbers, credit card numbers, brokerage account numbers, passwords, PINs, or routing numbers. Perplexity does not need this information for any research task.

3. Private health information (PHI): Medical diagnoses, medications, treatment details, mental health information – for yourself or anyone else. If you need health research, ask general questions without identifying the specific patient.

4. Confidential organizational information: Proprietary business data, non-public financial information, trade secrets, confidential personnel information, unreleased product data, or any information under NDA. If your employer's information is confidential, it is confidential in all contexts – including AI research tools.

5. Login credentials and passwords: Your own or anyone else's. No legitimate research requires entering credentials into a search tool.

6. Information about others without their knowledge: Other people's private details, addresses, relationship information, or behavioral patterns. Researching another person without their awareness requires careful ethical consideration – and never requires sharing their private information with an AI tool.

The indirect disclosure problem.

Sensitive information can be disclosed indirectly even when not stated explicitly:

• "What are the symptoms and treatment options for the specific diagnosis I received this morning?" – discloses health information
• "My company's Q3 revenue figures are [X] – how does this compare to competitors?" – discloses confidential financial information

The question is whether the information is sensitive – not whether the word "confidential" appears.