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Privacy firewall

  • US 9,665,722 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2013
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a privacy computer located within a secure area, a message directed at a recipient computer located outside the secure area, wherein the message includes sensitive data;

    identifying, by the privacy computer, the sensitive data using a plurality of privacy rules;

    anonymizing, by the privacy computer, the sensitive data according to the plurality of privacy rules to generate anonymized data, wherein anonymizing the sensitive data according to the plurality of privacy rules includes;

    removing unnecessary sensitive data,masking the sensitive data to maintain format,separating the sensitive data into associated data groupings, andde-contexting the sensitive data;

    generating, by the privacy computer, a hidden record including the anonymized data; and

    forwarding the hidden record and the message including the anonymized data to the recipient computer located outside the secure area.

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