Method and apparatus for determining privacy policy based on data and associated values

• US 9,946,887 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2012
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Blom, Jan Otto, Nolan, Julian Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiang, Jason C
• Application Number:
  US13/487,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,143 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A method includes determining at least one value for at least one instance of data; determining at least one privacy policy, at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one value; and causing, at least in part, an application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof with respect to the at least one instance of data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining at least one value for at least one instance of data, wherein the data comprises biometric data measurements of a user derived from a biometric sensor signal and at least one test result associated with an efficacy test, wherein the at least one value comprises at least one actual measurement of the biometric data measurements;

determining an efficacy estimation of a product for the user based upon an analysis of the at least one value and information about seasonal, regional, or individual variations specific to the user;

determining at least one privacy policy, at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determined efficacy estimation and one or more parameters for sharing the at least one instance of data and the determined at least one value with other users or entities;

applying, using a processor, the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof with respect to the at least one instance of data; and

initiating, using the processor, a sharing of the at least one instance of data to a social networking platform based, at least in part, on the applied at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof.

2. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining of contextual information associated with at least one owner, at least one recipient, at least one user, or a combination thereof of the at least one instance of data,

wherein the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof is further based, at least in part, on the contextual information.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the contextual information includes, at least in part, location information, and the location information including the location of the at least one user, the at least one recipient, the at least one instance of data, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 1,

wherein initiating the sharing comprises an anonymizing, a filtering, or a combination thereof of the at least one value, the at least one instance of data, related user information, related product information, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

processing the at least one value against one or more criteria to cause, at least in part, a categorization of the at least one value,

wherein (a) the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof;

(b) the application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof;

or (c) a combination is further based, at least in part, on the categorization.

6. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof;

determining an input for selecting, for confirming, or a combination thereof the at least one privacy policy, the at least on security policy, or a combination thereof; and

initiating the application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the input.

7. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining to recommend the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more products, one or more vendors of the one or more products, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one instance of data.

8. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating a mapping of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof to one or more potential values, one or more potential value ranges, or a combination thereof of the at least one instance of data; and

determining the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a comparison of the at least one value to the mapping.

9. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a recommended use of the product;

collecting data based on the recommended use of the product; and

determining the efficacy estimation of the product based on the collected data.

10. A method claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters are associated with the user, a location of the user, type of the data, one or more values associated with the data, recipient of the data, entity causing generation of the data, or a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

determine at least one value for at least one instance of data, wherein the data comprises biometric data measurements of a user derived from a biometric sensor signal and at least one test result associated with an efficacy test, wherein the at least one value comprises at least one actual measurement of the biometric data measurements;

determine an efficacy estimation of a product for the user based upon an analysis of the at least one value and information about seasonal, regional, or individual variations specific to the user;

determine at least one privacy policy, at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based on, at least in part, the determined efficacy estimation and one or more parameters for sharing the at least one instance of data and the determined at least one value with other users or entities;

cause, at least in part, an application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof with respect to the at least one instance of data; and

cause, at least in part, an initiation of sharing of the at least one instance of data to a social networking platform based, at least in part, on the applied at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine contextual information associated with at least one owner, at least one recipient, at least one user, or a combination thereof of the at least one instance of data,

wherein the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof is further based, at least in part, on the contextual information.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the contextual information includes, at least in part, location information, and the location information including the location of the at least one user, the at least one recipient, the at least one instance of data, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the initiation of sharing comprises an anonymizing, a filtering, or a combination thereof of the at least one value, the at least one instance of data, related user information, related product information, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

process the at least one value against one or more criteria to cause, at least in part, a categorization of the at least one value,

wherein (a) the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof (b) the application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof;

or (c) a combination is further based, at least in part, on the categorization.

16. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof;

determine an input for selecting, for confirming, or a combination thereof the at least one privacy policy, the at least on security policy, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, an initiation of the application of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the input.

17. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to recommend the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more products, one or more vendors of the one or more products, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one instance of data.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a generation of a mapping of the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof to one or more potential values, one or more potential value ranges, or a combination thereof of the at least one instance of data; and

determine the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a comparison of the at least one value to the mapping.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a recommended use of the product;

collect data based on the recommended use of the product; and

determine the efficacy estimation of the product based on the collected data.

20. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions for:

determining at least one value for at least one instance of data, wherein the data comprises biometric data measurements of a user derived from a biometric sensor signal and at least one test result associated with an efficacy test, wherein the at least one value comprises at least one actual measurement of the biometric data measurements;

determining an efficacy estimation of a product for the user based upon an analysis of the at least one value and information about seasonal, regional, or individual variations specific to the user;

determining at least one privacy policy, at least one security policy, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determined efficacy estimation and one or more parameters for sharing the at least one instance of data and the determined at least one value with other users or entities;

applying the at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof with respect to the at least one instance of data; and

initiating a sharing of the at least one instance of data to a social networking platform based, at least in part, on the applied at least one privacy policy, the at least one security policy, or a combination thereof.