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Module 5 – Data Privacy and Safe Use of AI Tools

Module 5's overall obective

Module 5 explores how to use AI tools without putting your own or other people's data at unnecessary risk. You will learn what information requires particular care, how to make safer decisions before typing, pasting or uploading data, and how privacy, consent, fairness and transparency can guide responsible AI use.

Before You Start...

Estimated time between 90 minutes

Available formats include View online (flipbook) or download as PDF

Includes practical examples, privacy checks and activities that help you recognise risky data-sharing situations and choose safer alternatives

Designed for young people aged 15–30, youth workers and educators

You can complete Module 5 on its own or continue through the full VALUES: AI Skills, Powered by Values learning programme.

What you'll learn

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Why data privacy matters when using AI and how sharing information can create privacy, fairness and reliability risks

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Why data privacy matters when using AI and how sharing information can create privacy, fairness and reliability risks

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How privacy, rights and consent should guide decisions when using information about other people

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How to reduce unnecessary data sharing by choosing safer AI workflows that achieve the same goal with less personal information

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How to apply practical checks around agency, privacy, fairness and transparency when deciding whether and how to use data with AI

Access the Module and digital badge

View online below via the interactive flipbook

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Put your safe AI skills into practice and earn the Data Privacy & Safe Use of AI Tools Digital Badge.

Complete the module and the Module 5 knowledge check below to demonstrate your understanding of data privacy, consent and safer AI use.

Your badge recognises your progress in building the practical and ethical AI skills promoted through the VALUES programme.

Quiz

1. Why is sharing data with AI tools at work considered risky?(Required)
2. What is the recommended first level of the SAFE Workflow Ladder when asking AI for help?(Required)
3. According to Module 5, removing a person's name from a document before sharing it with AI:(Required)
4. Which of the following should you NEVER share with an AI tool?(Required)
5. For consent to be valid when sharing someone else's data with AI, it should be:(Required)
6. According to the module, what should you do if you cannot remove sensitive or confidential elements from data before using AI?(Required)
7. What are the three key risks identified in Module 5 when using AI with data?(Required)
8. Even after sharing data carefully, why might the AI's output still contain sensitive information?(Required)
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