Inventors:
Steven Adler - Port Washington NY, US
Endre Bangerter - Ligerz, CH
Nigel Brown - Richmond Hill, CA
Jan Camenisch - Ruschlikon, CH
Arthur Gilbert - Bethel CT, US
Guenter Karjoth - Waedenswil, CH
Dogan Kesdogan - White Plains NY, US
Michael McCullough - Washington DC, US
Adam Nelson - Chicago IL, US
Charles Palmer - Goldens Bridge NY, US
Martin Presler-Marshall - Chapel Hill NC, US
Michael Schnyder - Bern, CH
Elsie Herreweghen - Adiswil, CH
Michael Waidner - Rueschlikon, CH
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H04L009/32
Abstract:
The present invention is a system and method for handling personally identifiable information, using a rules model. The invention involves defining a limited number of privacy-related actions regarding personally identifiable information; constructing a rule for each circumstance in which one of said privacy-related actions may be taken or must be taken; allowing for the input of dynamic contextual information to precisely specify the condition for evaluation of a rule; creating a programming object containing at least one of said rules; associating the programming object with personally identifiable information; processing a request; and providing an output. The invention does not merely give a “yes-or-no answer. The invention has the advantage of being able to specify additional actions that must be taken. The invention may use a computer system and network. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.