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Crime Tip of the Month (May 2026)

What Not to Share with AI

Key Information to Never Share with AI:

• Personally Identifiable Information (PII): Full names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, or government ID numbers (e.g., driver’s license).
• Financial Details: Bank account numbers, credit card details, and investment credentials.
• Confidential Business Data: Internal documents, unreleased strategies, intellectual property, or client lists.
• Passwords and Credentials: Any login information for systems, apps, or devices. 
• Sensitive Health/Medical Data: Specific diagnoses, medical histories, or prescriptions. 
• Specific Locations/Bio-data: Sharing your precise, live location along with other identifying data can pose security risks 

Why You Should Be Careful:

• Data Usage: Many public AI tools, such as ChatGPT, use input data to train their models, meaning information entered could reappear to other users.
• Security Vulnerabilities: Chatbots are not private, secure vaults, and data
  breaches or hacking could expose any shared information.
• No Confidentiality: Inputted information is not subject to standard
  confidentiality protections.

Rule of Thumb: If you wouldn’t post it on a public forum, don’t tell the AI