System for enabling data processing while maintaining confidentiality

An apparatus for processing data including specific identity information and corresponding substantive information, the apparatus comprising:

• a server that stores the data and transmits the data to a data processor, the server substituting the specific identity information with generic identity information before transmitting so that the specific identity information is not transmitted to the data processor, the data processor receiving the data, including the substituted generic identity information, without receiving the specific identity information, the data processor analyzing the substantive information to obtain results by determining whether the substantive information is an update for an existing record and, if the substantive information is not an update for an existing record, determining, using the substituted generic identity information, whether the data processor has an existing record for the generic identity information, the server receiving the results along with the associated generic identity information from the data processor;
• wherein the server associates the generic identity information with the corresponding specific identity information so that the results are associated with the specific identity information.

An apparatus for processing data including generic identity information and corresponding substantive information, the apparatus comprising:

• a data processor that receives data, including generic identity information and corresponding substantive information, from a server that generates the generic identity information, without receiving specific identity information corresponding to the generic identity information, the data processor analyzing the substantive information to obtain results by determining whether the substantive information is an update for an existing record and, if the substantive information is not an update for an existing record, determining, using the generic identity information, whether the data processor has an existing record for the generic identity information, the data processor exporting the results along with the associated generic identity information back to the server, the server associating the generic identity information and the substantive information with the corresponding specific identity information.