---
title: "Decide whether client material can go into a Queensland tool"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/confidentiality-and-client-information/decide-whether-client-material-can-go-into-a-tool/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "J-QLD-R20260922-2"
practice_area: "Confidentiality & client information"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Decide whether client material can go into a Queensland tool

> Organise the provider’s terms against the confidentiality questions in Guidance Statement No. 37, using only the terms, not the client file.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/confidentiality-and-client-information/decide-whether-client-material-can-go-into-a-tool/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Confidentiality & client information](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/confidentiality-and-client-information.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Organise the provider’s terms against the confidentiality questions in Guidance Statement No. 37, using only the terms, not the client file. |
| What the lawyer must review | Be very hesitant, as the Society says, if the agreement is unclear on how confidential data is used Record the decision |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Decide whether client material can go into a tool](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/confidentiality-and-client-information/decide-whether-client-material-can-go-into-a-tool.md) |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

The comparison uses the contract. The client documents stay out until the questions are answered.

- What the AI does: Organise the provider’s terms against the confidentiality questions in Guidance Statement No. 37, using only the terms, not the client file.
- What the lawyer does: Decide whether the terms are clear enough. If they are not, do not upload.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 22 September 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Read Guidance Statement No. 37’s confidentiality questions.
2. Answer them from the current terms, in writing.
3. If the answers are unclear, do not upload confidential material.
4. Revisit the note if the provider changes the terms or the tool.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland legal practice

**Deliverable**: A short note answering the statement’s confidentiality questions from the terms, or recording that they are unanswered.

**Inputs**

- The tool’s current terms
- Guidance Statement No. 37
- A description of the sensitivity, not the documents themselves

**Example**: “The terms say the provider may use inputs to improve the service” is an answer that should stop a confidential upload, not a sentence to bury.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The client file has already been pasted in to “see if the tool works”.
- The terms cannot be found.

Checked 2026-09-22.

## Sources

- [Queensland Law Society Guidance Statement No. 37: Artificial intelligence in legal practice](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice) (checked 2026-09-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*