---
title: "Protect your privacy when using Gen AI in Tribunal proceedings"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b12-au-nsw-nsw-civil-and-administrative-t-protect-your-privacy-when-using-gen-ai-i"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal"
status: "Practice notice"
jurisdiction: "New South Wales"
source: "https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/publications-and-resources/news-and-announcements/news/2026/protect-your-privacy-when-using-gen-ai-in-tribunal-proceedings.html"
---

# Protect your privacy when using Gen AI in Tribunal proceedings

> NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, New South Wales.

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## About this rule

- Issuer: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Body type: Tribunal
- Type: Practice notice
- Date: 5 May 2026
- Date basis: 2026-05-05
- Date on the page: 2026-05-05
- Confidence: High
- Jurisdiction: [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-south-wales.md)

## Summary

NCAT announcement for Privacy Awareness Week 2026 pointing parties to Procedural Direction 7 and the Gen AI fact sheet, and warning about privacy risks of entering personal or confidential information into Gen AI tools.

## Points recorded from the source

- Gen AI may help organise information, summarise material or prepare chronologies but creates privacy risks
- Gen AI must not be used to generate or alter evidence (statements, affidavits, statutory declarations)
- Gen AI must not generate expert-report content unless the Tribunal has given permission
- Encourages everyone in NCAT proceedings to review the guidance before using Gen AI

## Source

[Read the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal source](https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/publications-and-resources/news-and-announcements/news/2026/protect-your-privacy-when-using-gen-ai-in-tribunal-proceedings.html)

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