DATDAT-002 — Data Privacy and Protection Failures
Generative AI Tools Leak Corporate Strategy and Financial Plans to Third Parties
3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Employees used generative AI systems that transmitted sensitive corporate and financial information to external parties without authorisation. Boards face direct exposure to competitive harm and regulatory liability where data governance controls have not been extended to cover AI tool usage.
Domain
Data Management
Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents (Li2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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