System and method for privacy protection using identifiability risk assessment

a technology of privacy protection and risk assessment, applied in the field of privacy protection, can solve the problems of identity theft, unauthorized access to personal data, and increased dangers, and achieve the effect of preventing unauthorized disclosure of records
US20080005778A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-03IBM CORP
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
IBM CORP
Publication Date
2008-01-03
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A risk assessment system and method includes an information system configured to disclose information to a third party. A risk determination model is configured to compute identifiability risk for on one or more records in storage. The identifiability risk is compared to a threshold prior to being disclosed wherein the information system is informed of the identifiability risk exceeding the threshold prior to disclosure to the third party.
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GOVERNMENT RIGHTS

[0001] This invention was made with Government support under Contract No.: H98230-05-3-001 awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Government has certain rights in this invention.BACKGROUND

[0002] 1. Technical Field

[0003] The present invention relates to privacy protection and more particularly to systems and methods employing an identifiability risk assessment to protect against disclosure of protected information.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] Information systems deployed and maintained by businesses of different sizes often store personal information collected from their clients. Similarly, information systems of government organizations, such as the Internal Revenue Service, store personal data about citizens, as well as other private data collected from businesses. In recent years, these information systems have increasingly become computerized.

[0006] Computer-based information systems enable anytime instant access to the data, and on-the-fly cr...

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