Centralized Privacy Management System for Automated Personal Data Handling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing personal data management systems are inefficient and complex, requiring manual management across different software platforms, which complicates data protection and compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA.

Innovation Solution

A centralized privacy management system that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automatically collect, store, and manage personal data across multiple platforms, identifying and flagging sensitive information, and generating metadata for secure and compliant data handling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual management methods are used across different software platforms, then flexibility in data handling is maintained, but management efficiency and time consumption deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata management efficiencyVSAvoidtime consumption for manual data management
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automated self-service through AI and machine learning algorithms that automatically collect, classify, store, and manage personal data across platforms without requiring manual intervention. The system autonomously identifies sensitive information, generates metadata, and performs compliance checks, thereby dramatically improving productivity while reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If data is stored across different systems with different software platforms, then data accessibility is improved, but system complexity and management difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accessibility across platformsVSAvoidcomplexity of managing data across multiple platforms
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal data management platform that can operate across multiple different software platforms and systems. The AI-driven architecture provides multi-functional capabilities including automated data collection, classification, storage, and compliance management that work consistently across diverse platforms, thereby maintaining data accessibility while reducing management complexity through standardized processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If automated systems are implemented for personal data management, then management efficiency is improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomated data management efficiencyVSAvoidcomplexity of automated privacy management system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary AI layer that sits between the various data sources and the management processes. This intermediary automatically handles the complexity of data collection, classification, and compliance checks across multiple platforms, providing simplified interfaces for users while managing the underlying system complexity. The AI acts as a mediator that translates diverse data formats and requirements into standardized management operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11429714B2Centralized privacy management system for automatic monitoring and handling of personal data across data system platforms
Publication Date: 2022.08.30 SALESFORCE INC
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AI summary

A method of operating a privacy management system for managing personal data includes receiving a first input indicative of a first user activity in accessing personal data stored within a memory element. The method also includes creating an activity model based on the first input. The activity model is indicative of typical activity in accessing personal data stored in the memory element. The method further includes receiving a second input indicative of a second user activity in accessing personal data stored within the memory element. Also, the method includes recognizing, according to the activity model, the second user activity as being anomalous to the typical activity in accessing personal data stored in the memory element. Moreover, the method includes generating, as a result of recognizing the second user activity as being anomalous, a command that causes at least one of the client devices to perform an anomaly corrective action.