PRIVACY RISK INFORMATION DISPLAY

• US 20200134227A1
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Joseph, Gabi Bar, Gershoni, Tomer, TOLEDANO, Yaniv
• Granted Patent: US 10,860,742 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

Example implementations are described that include displaying a graphical element related to privacy risk information for an application. A processor of a computing device may determine, for the application, a privacy attention score based on first privacy risk information. The processor may determine, for the application, an aggregated privacy assessment score from a plurality of privacy risk scores that are based on second privacy risk information. The processor may cause a graphical element representing a combination of the privacy attention score and the aggregated privacy assessment score to be displayed via a display device.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a storage; and

a processor coupled to the storage to;

determine, for an application, a privacy attention score based on first privacy risk information;

determine, for the application, an aggregated privacy assessment score from a plurality of privacy risk scores that are based on second privacy risk information; and

cause a graphical element representing a combination of the privacy attention score and the aggregated privacy assessment score to be displayed via a display device.

2. The computing device of claim 1, the processor to:

determine that the privacy attention score exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

based on determining that the privacy attention score exceeds the predetermined threshold, determine the aggregated privacy assessment score.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first privacy risk information comprises a revenue estimate for the application.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the graphical element comprises a visual indication of a magnitude of the revenue estimate.

5. The computing device of claim 1, the processor to:

determine, for a plurality of other applications, corresponding privacy attention scores based on corresponding first privacy risk information;

determine, for the plurality of other applications, corresponding aggregated privacy assessment scores based on corresponding second privacy risk information;

generate a privacy profile comprising the graphical element and other graphical elements representing combinations of the corresponding privacy attention scores and the corresponding aggregated privacy assessment scores of the other applications; and

cause the privacy profile to be displayed via the display device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, the processor to:

cause the generation of a privacy attention questionnaire; and

receive a response to the privacy attention questionnaire, the response comprising the first privacy risk information.

7. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the privacy attention questionnaire comprises questions relating to at least one of personal information acquisition by the application, sensitivity level of personal information acquired by the application, application revenue, application interfaces, and application usage of privacy-risking technology.

8. The computing device of claim 6, wherein each of the questions of the privacy attention questionnaire is assigned a weighting value that corresponds to a risk level and is used to determine the privacy attention score.

9. The computing device of claim 1, the processor to:

cause the generation of a privacy assessment questionnaire; and

receive a response to the privacy assessment questionnaire, the response comprising the second privacy risk information.

10. A method, comprising:

accessing privacy risk information associated with a plurality of applications;

assigning, to each of the plurality of applications, a privacy attention score based on a first portion of the privacy risk information;

assigning, to each of the plurality of applications, an aggregated privacy assessment score determined using a plurality of privacy risk scores, wherein the privacy risk scores are based on a second portion of the privacy risk information; and

displaying via a display device a privacy profile that comprises graphical elements corresponding to each of the applications, wherein a location in the privacy profile of each of the graphical elements indicates the privacy attention score and the aggregated privacy assessment score for the corresponding application.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the graphical elements comprises a visual indication of a magnitude of a revenue estimate.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first portion of the privacy risk information relates to least one of personal information acquisition by the application, sensitivity level of personal information acquired by the application, application revenue, application interfaces, and application usage of privacy-risking technology.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

categorizing each of the applications based on its privacy attention score;

generating a privacy attention map that comprises, for each of the applications, a privacy attention level identifier and a proposed action that each are based on the categorization of the application; and

displaying via the display device the privacy attention map.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive first privacy risk information related to a plurality of applications;

determine, based on the first privacy risk information, a privacy attention score for each of the applications;

determine, for each of the applications, an aggregated privacy assessment score from a plurality of privacy risk scores that are based on second privacy risk information; and

display via a display device a privacy profile that comprises, for each of the applications, a graphical element representing a combination of the privacy attention score and the aggregated privacy assessment score for the application.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the graphical element for each of the applications comprises a visual indication of a revenue estimate for the application.