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What this one-pager sets
This template is structured. The working copy is being finalized by our subject-matter editors — directionally accurate today, refined shortly.
- The green / yellow / red data classification rule — what may, may with care, and may never go into an AI tool.
- The human-review rule: which AI-assisted outputs require a named reviewer before use.
- The approved-tool boundary and how staff request an addition.
- The escalation path when a use case does not fit the guardrails.
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Why leadership signs it
If leadership does not set the guardrails, staff will improvise their own — inconsistently, and usually after the first incident. Approved guardrails turn judgment calls into policy.