Method and apparatus for generating privacy profiles
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1. A method, comprising:
- generating, by a processing device, privacy metrics associated with filtering information from web session data;
generating, by the processing device, a privacy profile from the privacy metrics, wherein generating the privacy profile comprises;
identifying rules used for filtering the information from the web session data;
identifying the privacy metrics associated with the rules;
periodically aggregating together the privacy metrics associated with the rules over an aggregation period; and
generating averages for the privacy metrics aggregated together over the aggregation period; and
using, by the processing device, the privacy profile to identify irregularities with the filtering of the information from the web session data;
wherein generating the privacy metrics comprises identifying a number of times the rules are called while filtering the information or a percentage of times the rules filter the information from the web session data.
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Abstract
A privacy processing system may use privacy rules to filter sensitive personal information from web session data. The privacy processing system may generate privacy profiles or privacy metadata that identifies how often the privacy rules are called, how often the privacy rules successfully complete actions, and the processing time required to execute the privacy rules. The privacy profiles may be used to detect irregularities in the privacy filtering process that may be associated with a variety of privacy filtering and web session problems.
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1. A method, comprising:
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generating, by a processing device, privacy metrics associated with filtering information from web session data; generating, by the processing device, a privacy profile from the privacy metrics, wherein generating the privacy profile comprises; identifying rules used for filtering the information from the web session data;
identifying the privacy metrics associated with the rules;periodically aggregating together the privacy metrics associated with the rules over an aggregation period; and generating averages for the privacy metrics aggregated together over the aggregation period; and using, by the processing device, the privacy profile to identify irregularities with the filtering of the information from the web session data; wherein generating the privacy metrics comprises identifying a number of times the rules are called while filtering the information or a percentage of times the rules filter the information from the web session data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to apply privacy rules to web session data, wherein the privacy rules comprise tests and actions; identify statistics for the privacy rules applied to the web session data wherein the statistics identify a number of times the tests are called and a number of times the actions are applied to the web session data, or amounts of time required by the processing device to apply the privacy rules to the web session data; use the statistics to generate privacy profiles for the privacy rules, wherein the privacy profiles indicate expected operational characteristics of the privacy rules; and identify applications of the privacy rules having operational characteristics that deviate from the expected operational characteristics indicated by the privacy profiles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a privacy processor configured to; receive web session data captured during web sessions; filter, based on rules used for filtering information from the web session data, at least some personal information from the web session data; generate privacy metrics associated with filtering the personal information from the web session data wherein generating the privacy metrics comprises identifying a number of times the rules are called while filtering the personal information or a percentage of times the rules filter the personal information from the web session data; and generate privacy profiles from the privacy metrics, wherein generating the privacy profile comprises; aggregating the privacy metrics over an aggregation period; and averaging the privacy metrics to generate operational characteristics of the filtering over the aggregation period; and a memory device configured to store the filtered web session data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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