{"id":198768,"date":"2026-07-10T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?post_type=videos&#038;p=198768"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:24:12","slug":"shadow-ai-protection","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/videos\/shadow-ai-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow AI: Your Employees Are Already Using It &#8211; Are You Protected?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your employees may be using public AI tools at work without your business knowing, approving or controlling how they are used.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is often called shadow AI, and it can expose customer data, confidential information, intellectual property and client-facing work to risks your business has not approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help you manage shadow AI in your business, Thibault Williams (Managing Director, TMW Resilience) and Callum Kilgour Aitkens (Senior Associate, LegalVision) discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>what happens to your data when staff paste customer or commercial information into public AI tools, and the privacy and UK GDPR risks that follow;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>where UK AI regulation sits today and how the rules are likely to develop, so you can plan rather than react;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>who carries the liability when an AI tool produces inaccurate, misleading or unauthorised output that reaches a client or the market;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the IP questions you need to answer, including who owns AI-generated work and the risk of infringing someone else&#8217;s rights;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how to put practical guardrails in place through AI policies, staff controls and device management without blocking useful tools; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the steps to reduce data loss and build a defensible position you can stand behind if a regulator, client or court asks questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your employees may be using public AI tools at work without your business knowing, approving or controlling how they are used.&nbsp; This is often called shadow AI, and it can expose customer data, confidential information, intellectual property and client-facing work to risks your business has not approved. 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