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DATDAT-002 — Data Privacy and Protection Failures

LLM Trained on Personal Data Leaks Private Information in Conversation

4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Large language models inadvertently reproduce personal data absorbed during training, exposing individuals without consent. Organisations deploying such systems face regulatory liability under data protection law and reputational harm from uncontrolled disclosure.

Domain

Data Management

Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Taxonomy, Mitigation, and Assessment Benchmarks of Large Language Model Systems (Cui2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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