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Using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information

  • US 20030004734A1
  • Filed: 06/19/2001
  • Published: 01/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for handling personally identifiable information, said method comprising:

  • providing in a computer a first set of object classes representing active entities in an information-handling process, wherein a limited number of privacy-related actions represent operations performed on data;

    providing in said computer a second set of object classes representing data and rules in said information-handling process, wherein at least one object class has said rules associated with said data; and

    handling transactions involving said personally identifiable information, using said computer and said object classes.

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