Mitigating website privacy issues by automatically identifying cookie sharing risks in a cookie ecosystem
US11640479B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/958
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mitigating website privacy issues by automatically identifying cookie sharing risks in a cookie ecosystem. In some embodiments, a method may include generating, by the computing device, a cookie tree representing cookies created on a web browser while browsing a website. The cookie tree may include nodes representing organizations. The cookie tree may further include hierarchical edges between the nodes representing creation chains of the nodes. The method may also include determining, by the computing device, a creator, a sender, and a receiver of each of the cookies. The method may further include mitigating, by the computing device, website privacy issues based on the creator, sender, and receiver of each of the cookies.
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