Louisville AI Center

Data Use Policy

Last updated November 1, 2026

LAIC exists to listen to the region and share what we learn. This policy explains how we handle the information people give us through community listening, especially the State of AI in Louisville survey and the Our Data Our City dashboard. Our rule is simple: we publish what the community says, never who said it.

What the survey collects

The survey asks about experiences with AI, plus background questions like ZIP code, county, age range, income range, race and ethnicity, and language. Background questions are optional where possible.

How we publish results

  • Totals only. The dashboard shows counts and percentages. Individual answers are never published, and they never leave our servers.
  • The 50-response rule. Results for any ZIP code, county or group are withheld until at least 50 people in it have responded, so small groups can't be singled out. Combinations of two groups are shown only region-wide, never by ZIP or county.
  • Context. We show U.S. Census Bureau figures (American Community Survey 5-year estimates) next to survey results so people can see who lives in each area.
  • Limits. The survey is open to anyone and is not a random sample. We say so where we report results, and we avoid claims the data can't support. A signal is not a fact.

"Ask the data" and AI

Most questions on the dashboard are answered in your browser from the published numbers. Questions it can't match are sent to an AI model (currently Anthropic's Claude) along with the same aggregate figures the public page shows. The model never receives individual survey responses and is instructed to answer only from those numbers. AI answers can be wrong, so check them against the dashboard.

What we will never do

  • Sell survey responses or contact information.
  • Use survey answers for advertising or marketing to individuals.
  • Share individual responses with funders, partners, employers or government agencies, except where the law requires it.
  • Try to identify individual respondents.
  • Use survey responses to train AI models.

Research partners

We may work with universities and community partners to analyze results. Partners receive the same aggregate results the public sees. We never give partners individual survey records.

Open data

Published aggregate results are free for anyone to reuse with credit to "Louisville AI Center, Our Data Our City" under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Retention and deletion

We keep survey responses for as long as the survey runs and 3 years afterward to report trends, then delete them. If you included contact details and want your response removed, contact us through our feedback form.