System and method for adjusting privacy policies
AssigneeCambrian Designs, Inc.
InventorsOlaf Jonny Groth, Mark Jay Nitzberg, Manu Kalia, Tobias Christopher Straube, Daniel A Zehr
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Abstract
An automated system tracks digital service providers (DSP) data management agreements, and user behavior, individually and in aggregate, to determine potential changes for a personal/corporate privacy charter. The personal/corporate privacy charter is thus dynamically adaptable to permit users to continue to engage seamlessly in accordance with user/corporate target goals with digital service providers (DSPs) and similar entities.
Claims20
A method of generating an adaptable customized privacy protection charter (PPC) for a user computing device and for controlling online interactions with a digital services provider (DSP) comprising:
- a. defining an initial PPC based on a set of user data categories, a set of user data sensitivity ratings, and privacy ratings for a category-sensitivity rating pair within a privacy rating protection field;
- wherein said initial PPC is adapted to be used by a software agent configured for privacy management executing on a computing device configured to engage with the DSP on behalf of the user;
- b. monitoring the user's interactions with the software agent during data sessions with the DSP to identify dynamic user privacy preferences for modifying the initial PPC that are based on:
- i. identifying interactions occurring subsequent to step (a) that are associated by the software agent with user behavior deviating from said initial PPC;
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- ii. identifying life events for the user occurring subsequent to step (a) that are associated by the software agent with potential changes in user privacy preferences;
- c. identifying proposed changes to said initial PPC based on said dynamic user privacy preferences;
- d. presenting said proposed changes to the user;
- e. creating an adapted PPC based on modifying said initial PPC in accordance with user feedback to said proposed changes.
A system for generating an adaptable customized privacy protection charter (PPC) for a user computing device and for controlling online interactions with a digital services provider (DSP) comprising:
- hardware computing components capable of executing one or more executable software routines adapted to:
- a. define an initial PPC based on a set of user data categories, a set of user data sensitivity ratings, and privacy ratings for a category-sensitivity rating pair within a privacy rating protection field;
- wherein said initial PPC is adapted to be used by a software agent configured for privacy management executing on a computing device configured to engage with a DSP on behalf of the user;
- b. monitor the user's interactions with the software agent during data sessions with the DSP to identify dynamic user privacy preferences that differ from said initial PPC;
- the software agent further being configured to:
- i. identify subsequent interactions that are associated by the software agent with user behavior deviating from said initial PPC;
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- ii. identify subsequent life events for the user that are associated by the software agent with potential changes in user privacy preferences;
- c. identify proposed changes to said initial PPC based on said dynamic user privacy preferences;
- d. present said proposed changes to the user;
- e. create an adapted PPC based on modifying said initial PPC in accordance with user feedback to said proposed changes.
A method of generating an adaptable customized privacy protection charter (PPC) for a user computing device and for controlling online interactions with a digital services provider (DSP) comprising:
- a. defining an initial PPC based on a set of user data categories, a set of user data sensitivity ratings, and privacy ratings for a category-sensitivity rating pair within a privacy rating protection field;
- wherein said initial PPC is adapted to be used by a software agent configured for privacy management executing on a computing device configured to engage with the DSP on behalf of the user;
- b. monitoring the user's interactions with the software agent during data sessions with the DSP to identify a first set of dynamic user privacy preferences for modifying the initial PPC that are based on:
- i. identifying interactions occurring subsequent to step (a) that are associated by the software agent with user behavior deviating from said initial PPC;
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- ii. identifying life events for the user occurring subsequent to step (a) that are associated by the software agent with potential changes in user privacy preferences;
- c. monitoring a data market value assigned by the DSP to selected user privacy data that is not currently authorized for access by the DSP to identify a second set of dynamic user privacy preferences for the user;
- d. identifying proposed changes to said initial PPC based on said first and second dynamic user privacy preferences;
- e. presenting said proposed changes to the user;
- f. creating an adapted PPC based on modifying said initial PPC in accordance with user feedback to said proposed changes;
- g. providing a credit to the user when they adopt said second set of dynamic user privacy preferences for said selected user privacy data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.