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Methods for analyzing application privacy and devices thereof

  • US 8,918,632 B1
  • Filed: 01/22/2014
  • Issued: 12/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for analyzing application operation with respect to associated policy provisions, the method comprising:

  • monitoring, with a client computing device, at least one application or web site during execution to identify actual interactions of the application or web site with the client computing device, wherein the interactions include at least use of functionality of the client computing device or use of personal information stored on the client computing device;

    determining, with the client computing device, whether one of the actual interactions of the application or web site deviate from one or more interactions of the application or web site identified by one or more provisions of a policy associated with the application or web site, wherein the policy is retrieved from an external source associated with a provider of the application or web site; and

    performing, with the client computing device, a default action, when the one actual interaction is determined to deviate from the interactions identified by the one or more provisions of the policy associated with the application or web site.

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