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Grievance narratives pasted into an unsanctioned AI tool

Staff pasted grievance narratives into a consumer AI assistant to draft replies. The AI Processing Guard flagged classification hits in outbound prompts across 6 unsanctioned services.

DischargesS.8(6)R.7S.8(4)
Acknowledgement
1 hour from becoming aware
Met· 28 Jul 2026, 10:16
Preliminary assessment
4 hours from becoming aware
Met· 28 Jul 2026, 13:30
Board notification
72 hours from becoming aware
Met· 30 Jul 2026, 13:30
Incident

AI Processing Guard

Reference
INC-2026-0036
Status
Remediating
Severity
High
Nature
unauthorised disclosure
Detected
28 Jul 2026, 08:18
Became aware
28 Jul 2026, 09:30
Contained
28 Jul 2026, 12:30
Lead
Vikram Saxena
Affected sources
Grievance Case Management
Data categories
NameGrievance historyMobile number
Root cause

No sanctioned drafting tool available; shadow AI not blocked at the gateway.

Impact

Assembled from the classified inventory. This is where discovery coverage becomes a breach-response capability.

340
Data Principals affected
Children affected
12
Elements exposed
8
Indicative exposure
₹200 Cr
R.7S.8(6)S.9

Response tasks — 6 of 16 complete

Grouped by phase. Mandatory tasks are the ones a regulator will ask you to evidence.

Triage
Containment
Impact assessment
Notification
Remediation
Review
Notification to the Data Protection Board of India

Rule 7(2) prescribes the content: the nature, extent and timing of the breach, its likely consequences, the mitigation measures taken, the remedial measures to prevent recurrence, and the status of notification to Data Principals.

detailed filed

Nature, extent and timing

Staff pasted grievance narratives into a consumer AI assistant to draft replies. The AI Processing Guard flagged classification hits in outbound prompts across 6 unsanctioned services.

Likely consequences

Assessed and communicated to affected Data Principals.

Mitigation measures taken

Containment completed; controls strengthened.

Remedial measures

No sanctioned drafting tool available; shadow AI not blocked at the gateway.

Data Principal notification status

Completed

Acknowledged: DPBI/ACK/2026/8003
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