Fireside Chat tomorrow at 4pm on Zoom
Artificial intelligence tools are transforming the way professionals handle documents. From drafting contracts to summarising agreements, cloud-based AI platforms promise speed and efficiency. But there is a danger lurking beneath the convenience that many South African businesses are not yet taking seriously.
When you upload a client contract or sensitive document to a cloud AI service, that data leaves your environment. It travels to servers often located overseas, operated by a third party whose primary interests are not aligned with your client’s privacy. The platform may store your submission, use it to improve its models, or expose it through a data breach. In that moment, you have effectively shared your client’s confidential information with an unknown third party.
POPIA
Most cloud AI providers are headquartered in the United States and process data across global server networks. South Africa has no adequacy agreement with these jurisdictions. This means that every time you submit a contract containing a client’s personal information to a cloud AI tool, you may be committing a POPIA violation whether you intend to or not.
Your clients trust you with their most sensitive information. That trust does not expire the moment a new technology makes things easier. Under POPIA, protecting their data is not optional.
The Details:
- Topic: AI for Lawyers Fireside Chat – POPIA & Sovereignty
- When: This coming Wednesday at 4:00 – 4:30 PM
- Where: Zoom – at your desk with a fresh cup of coffee
- How: By invitation to subscribed members of AI for Lawyers Fireside Chat – no charge
- Invite: On Wednesday morning the invite to the private Zoom meeting will be sent to all subscribers, for your privacy and ours.
Register as a member of our Fireside Chats here: https://tech4law.aweb.page/exclusive-ai-lawyer-chats
We look forward to seeing you there.
