Technology + data practice
You decide how your work and your data are handled.
TLS uses technology as a production method, not as a belief system or a substitute for professional judgment. A project may use conventional software, narrowly approved digital assistance, local tools, or a deliberately non-generative path.
Choice before tooling
The client should know what matters and retain meaningful control.
At scope, the client and TLS choose the production path. The decision is documented when it materially affects data handling, authorship, deliverables, or ongoing operations.
Private + confidential material
Permission must be explicit and project-specific.
TLS does not place private client files, unpublished manuscripts, participant work, credentials, sensitive records, or culturally restricted material into a generative system unless the project scope and client explicitly authorize that use. Public inquiry forms should never request those materials.
Disclosure + responsibility
A person remains accountable for the delivered work.
If generative tools materially shape client-facing copy, imagery, code, analysis, or another deliverable, TLS discloses that use at the appropriate project level. TLS remains responsible for review, correction, rights checks within scope, and the delivered work. Software output is not accepted as evidence by itself.
A non-generative path
Conventional software remains a real production choice.
TLS can agree to a non-generative production boundary when the project and chosen methods support it. The scope must state what is permitted, what must stay out, and who verifies the boundary. A particular build is described as AI-free only when the production record supports the statement.
Community and cultural authority are not individual checkboxes.
Permission from one person does not automatically settle community ownership, cultural protocol, or collective data rights. Projects involving Indigenous knowledge, community-held material, or culturally sensitive information must address authority, benefit, responsibility, and governance with the people and communities involved.