Enforcement of data privacy to maintain obfuscation of certain data
US8544104B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H10/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-readable medium is disclosed that tangibly embodies a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations including determining whether data to be released from a database is associated with one or more confidential mappings between sets of data in the database. The operations also include, in response to the data being associated with the one or more confidential mappings, determining whether release of the data meets one or more predetermined anonymity requirements of an anonymity policy. Methods and apparatus are also disclosed.
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