Systems and methods for user-tailored presentation of privacy policy data
OwnerJeremiah Epling, Tony Schreiner +3inventors
InventorsJeremiah Epling, Tony Schreiner, Jingyang Xu, Andrew Bybee, Angela Butcher
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for determining conflicts between user concerns and a Web site privacy policy. A set of user concerns is compared to the privacy policy to identify any potential problems that might exist for the particular user. If any conflicts are found between the privacy policy and the user concerns, the privacy policy is transformed to provide a user view that emphasizes the concerns that are conflicted. As a result, the user can focus on only the portion(s) of the privacy policy that are of interest to the user.
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A method, comprising:
- comparing user concerns with a Web site privacy policy to determine if any portion of the Web site privacy policy conflicts with one or more of the user concerns;
- transforming the Web site privacy policy to emphasize portions of the Web site privacy policy that conflict with the user concerns;
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- displaying the transformed Web site privacy policy so that the emphasized portions of the Web site privacy policy are demarcated from other portions of the Web site privacy policy.
A system, comprising:
- a user concerns menu that is configured to allow a user to enter user concerns that are privacy concern preferences that apply to browsing Web sites;
- a Web browser configured to allow the user to access one or more network Web sites;
- a trust engine configured to compare the user concerns with a privacy policy file included in a Web site and to identify conflicts between the user concerns and the privacy policy file;
- a transformation module configured to transform the privacy policy file into a user-centric policy display that emphasizes one or more portions of the privacy policy file that conflict with the user concerns;
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- a user interface module configured to display a user interface that includes at least the portions of the privacy policy file that conflict with the user concerns.
One or more computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, perform the following steps:
- comparing a set of user concerns with a set of Web site privacy policy statements to determine if a privacy policy statement conflicts with a user concern;
- if a conflict is identified between a user concern and a privacy policy statement, transforming the privacy policy statements for presentation to a user so that the privacy policy statement is emphasized over other, non-conflicting privacy policy statements;
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- displaying a user interface that presents the privacy policy statements in the transformed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.