Establishing and enforcing security and privacy policies in web-based applications
US8146135B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method, system, and computer code for implementing privacy protection in a web application, wherein the web application is executed in a web application language execution environment within a web server, the method containing the steps of: establishing at least one inbound tagging rule for tagging objects entering the web application language execution environment, referred to as inbound objects, according to a respective source of each of the inbound objects; assigning a tag to at least one of the inbound objects being operated on by the web application language execution environment based on the at least one inbound tagging rule; establishing at least one privacy rule for performing privacy actions on at least one object that is outbound from the web application language execution environment, referred to as outbound objects, according to a respective tag of each of the outbound objects; and performing a privacy action on the at least one outbound object being operated on by the web application language execution environment based on the at least one privacy rule.
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