Assigning privacy ratings to tracking domains in order to increase user awareness of online privacy violations
US11849002B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/535
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Assigning privacy ratings to tracking domains in order to increase user awareness of online privacy violations. A list of known tracking domains and raw data from a set of host websites may be received. A prevalence, frequency, and role for each tracking domain may be determined from the raw data. Each tracking domain may be assigned to a prevalence cluster, a frequency cluster, and a role cluster. A rank may be determined for each prevalence cluster, frequency cluster, and role cluster. A domain privacy rating may be assigned to each tracking domain that is based on the ranks of the clusters to which each tracking domain is assigned. A privacy action may be performed based on the domain privacy rating assigned to each tracking domain.
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