I use lots of connectors with AI (Claude mostly) and it’s totally changed how I work. But there’s something uncomfortable that I don’t hear most people talk about.
Connectors make it possible to rarely leave the chat window. I link Google Calendar to create meeting invites, Google Drive to refer to my own frameworks, templates and idea bank, and Asana to manage tasks and get daily updates, all without switching apps. For these, there’s no major privacy risk.
But some connectors are a different story.
Gmail/Outlook. Dropbox. Box. Slack. These connect to data that often contains sensitive client information. And from what I’m seeing, consultants are openly sharing client transcripts and conversation data with LLMs as if there’s no risk at all.
The data probably won’t be exposed. But connecting apps that have sensitive info, or uploading client conversations to a third-party AI platform without their knowledge isn’t just a security question. It’s a professional one. Clients didn’t consent to that.
How are you handling sensitive client data while still getting the full benefit of AI?
Do you tell clients you’re uploading their sensitive info into AI, use a private LLM or something else?
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