Method, system, and computer program product for honoring customer privacy and preferences
First Claim
1. A method for ensuring compliance with a customer preference for the use of personal information by an enterprise having a plurality of business units, comprising:
- capturing the customer preference through one of the plurality of business units;
storing the customer preference in a centralized database, wherein the centralized database is accessible to each of the plurality of business units; and
providing each business unit with access to the stored customer preference to allow each business unit to validate a marketing process of the respective business unit in view of the customer preference.
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Abstract
In a business where business units market products or services to customers, a method and system implement customer preferences for customer privacy, customer contact, and other marketing preferences. The method entails creating a centralized customer privacy and preferences storage and processing system, wherein are stored both legal requirements and business policies regarding customer privacy and preferences, and also specific preferences of individual customers. A customer can contact the business through a single point of contact, and using a standardized privacy and preferences interface, can specify all aspects of customer preferences regarding privacy and marketing preferences. Business units initiating a marketing process compare a database of potential marketing targets against the centralized customer privacy and preferences storage and processing system, ensuring that the preferences of all potential targets are respected during the implementation and execution of the marketing process.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for ensuring compliance with a customer preference for the use of personal information by an enterprise having a plurality of business units, comprising:
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capturing the customer preference through one of the plurality of business units; storing the customer preference in a centralized database, wherein the centralized database is accessible to each of the plurality of business units; and providing each business unit with access to the stored customer preference to allow each business unit to validate a marketing process of the respective business unit in view of the customer preference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for ensuring compliance with a customer preference for the use of personal information by an enterprise having a plurality of business units, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing a plurality of processing instructions for directing the processor to; capture the customer preference through one of the plurality of business units; store the customer preference in a centralized database, wherein the centralized database is accessible to each of the plurality of business units; and provide each business unit with access to the stored customer preference to allow each business unit to validate a marketing process of the respective business unit in view of the customer preference. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to ensure compliance with a customer preference for the use of personal information by an enterprise having a plurality of business units, said control logic comprising:
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first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to capture the customer preference through one of the plurality of business units; second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to store the customer preference in a centralized database, wherein the centralized database is accessible to each of the plurality of business units; and third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide each business unit with access to the stored customer preference to allow each business unit to validate a marketing process of the respective business unit in view of the customer preference. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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