Is ChatGPT Private? A Lawyer’s Guide to Securing Confidential Client Data
Summary
A guide for legal professionals on ChatGPT's privacy settings, data training policies across different plans, and the risks of waiving attorney-client privilege when using public AI tools.
Key quotes
Sharing client information with ChatGPT can waive the attorney-client privilege because the tool is a third party.
Consumer ChatGPT plans (Free/Plus) may store and access your chats to train its AI models (unless you manually disable this).
ChatGPT Teams/Enterprise/API plans do not use your data for training purposes.
The article compares the privacy protections of ChatGPT’s various tiers (Free, Plus, Team, Enterprise, and API) specifically through the lens of legal ethics and confidentiality. It also promotes Spellbook as a specialized, more secure alternative for legal workflows.