Prompting Skills playbook/Module 7 · Safety & privacy

Day 62 / 100 · Safety & privacy · Redaction

Strip it before you send it.

Most tasks don't need the personal details. Keep what the task needs and replace the rest with labels.

Before

After

“Mrs Naidoo at 14 Oak Street called about her bill.”

“Customer A (residential, KZN) called about her bill.”

“Account 40023391 is three months in arrears.”

“Account [ACC-1] is three months in arrears.”

“Acme Mining's tender price is R2.4m.”

“Client [X]'s tender price is [AMOUNT].”

“Sipho in payroll made the error.”

“A payroll team member made the error.”

Source: Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab ↗

Keep what the task needs. Strip the rest.