Using AI on candidate files — properly.

If you recruit for a small agency or an in-house team, a candidate's CV probably goes into an AI tool most days: a first-screen summary, a match against the job description, a shortlist, a polite rejection. The guides below cover what comes with that habit, in enough detail to act on — what ChatGPT and Claude do with an uploaded file under their own published policies as of August 2026, which account settings change that, how to replace every identifier by hand in Word and in plain text, what the GDPR and Israel's amended Protection of Privacy Law say about candidate data, and what still leaks after you have done all of it right.

Every guide follows the same rules. The manual method is complete and works with any AI tool, so you can stop reading before the product is mentioned. Legal statements are attributed to the regulation or the regulator and linked to the source; the guides describe the rules, they are not legal advice. Where the extension helps, it appears after the manual method, together with what it cannot do — scanned PDFs, employer names, the career history that can still identify someone. Short on time? Read guides 01 and 02. Running a team? Start with 08.

The eight guides, in reading order