Monitoring and managing user privacy levels
First Claim
1. A computer system comprising:
- one or more processors; and
a memory comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising;
detecting data intended for disclosure by a user of a device to an entity;
communicating the data intended for disclosure to a privacy monitoring module prior to the data intended for disclosure being disclosed to the entity;
receiving, from the privacy monitoring module, an indication that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity;
providing a notice that alerts the user that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity, with the notice including a selectable option; and
responsive to a user input selection of the selectable option in the notice, initiating a determination of information that the entity could learn about the user if the data intended for disclosure is disclosed to the entity.
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Abstract
Various embodiments pertain to techniques for measuring a user'"'"'s privacy level as a user interacts with various web services. In various embodiments, entities with which the user interacts are detected and sensitive information shared by the user is logged to determine what a given entity knows about the user. In some embodiments, sensitive information that is shared by a user can be processed using a predictive algorithm to ascertain a user'"'"'s level of privacy. When a user'"'"'s identity is predicted by the algorithm, a user can be alerted to the loss of anonymity. In various embodiments, user-defined areas of anonymity can be used to measure a user'"'"'s definition of privacy. In some embodiments, alerts can also be provided to the user when a new, previously undisclosed, piece of information is shared by the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising; detecting data intended for disclosure by a user of a device to an entity; communicating the data intended for disclosure to a privacy monitoring module prior to the data intended for disclosure being disclosed to the entity; receiving, from the privacy monitoring module, an indication that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity; providing a notice that alerts the user that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity, with the notice including a selectable option; and responsive to a user input selection of the selectable option in the notice, initiating a determination of information that the entity could learn about the user if the data intended for disclosure is disclosed to the entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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detecting, at a device, data intended for disclosure by a user of the device to an entity; communicating the data intended for disclosure to a privacy monitoring module prior to the data intended for disclosure being disclosed to the entity; receiving, via the device, an indication that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity; providing a notice that alerts the user that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity, with the notice including a selectable option; and responsive to a user input selection of the selectable option in the notice, initiating a determination of information that the entity could learn about the user if the data intended for disclosure is disclosed to the entity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, via a computer device in a computer system, data intended for disclosure by a user of the computer device to an entity; determining, via the computer device, prior to the data intended for disclosure being disclosed to the entity, that the data intended for disclosure has not been previously disclosed to the entity; determining, via a computerized privacy monitoring module in the computer system, that an identity of the user can be determined by the entity using a combination of data comprising data previously disclosed to the entity and the data intended for disclosure, with the identity being different from the data previously disclosed and different from the data intended for disclosure; and providing, via the computer device, a notification to the computer device that the data intended for disclosure has not previously been disclosed to the entity. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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