Chatbot Data Subject Access Request Processing System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack effective methods for managing and migrating personal data while ensuring compliance with regulatory restrictions and minimizing data breaches, particularly in cases of device or data center failures, and individuals seek tools to control data processing entities.

Innovation Solution

A data subject access request processing system comprising data subject access request management servers, local storage nodes, and processors that receive, route, and process requests to identify and manage personal data, while ensuring compliance with regulations through data transfer assessments and risk calculations, and utilizing chatbots for user inquiries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual processes are used to manage personal data and process data subject access requests, then flexibility and adaptability to individual cases can be maintained, but processing time and operational complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanual processing flexibilityVSAvoidrequest processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automated self-service processing of data subject access requests through chatbot interactions. The chatbot autonomously collects user information, identifies personal data across multiple systems, and executes requests without requiring manual intervention for each individual case, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining operational effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-mapping personal data across multiple data systems and maintaining updated inventories of where personal data is stored. This preliminary organization allows the chatbot to quickly locate and process requests without time-consuming manual searches, resolving the contradiction between automated speed and accurate data location.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive data mapping and inventory systems are implemented to track personal data across multiple systems, then data subject access requests can be fulfilled accurately, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata location accuracyVSAvoidsystem implementation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal data mapping framework that can interface with multiple different data systems and storage locations through standardized protocols. This multi-functional approach allows accurate tracking of personal data across diverse systems without requiring separate complex solutions for each system, reducing overall implementation complexity while maintaining precision.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The chatbot serves as an intermediary layer between users and the complex data mapping infrastructure. It handles user interactions and translates them into precise data location queries, shielding users from system complexity while leveraging the detailed data maps for accurate personal data identification across multiple systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If automated chatbot systems are deployed to process data subject access requests, then processing efficiency and speed improve, but the ability to handle complex judgment calls and edge cases deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverequest processing efficiencyVSAvoidhandling complex cases capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the chatbot learns from processed requests and user interactions. This allows the automated system to improve its ability to handle complex cases over time by adapting to edge cases and refining its decision-making algorithms based on accumulated experience, thereby maintaining both efficiency and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The chatbot system is designed to be dynamic and adaptable rather than static. It can adjust its processing logic based on the complexity of incoming requests, escalating to human review when appropriate while handling routine cases autonomously. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain high productivity for standard cases while preserving adaptability for complex situations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11057356B2Automated data processing systems and methods for automatically processing data subject access requests using a chatbot
Publication Date: 2021.07.06 ONETRUST LLC
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AI summary

A chat robot may be used to facilitate interaction with a user in the determination of whether to initiate and process a data subject access request (DSAR). At a DSAR submission webpage, the chatbot may interact with a user to determine the information the user is in need of and/or the actions that the user may take. The chatbot may provide the information desired by the user, avoiding the processing overhead of submission and fulfillment of a DSAR. The chatbot may also facilitate completion of a DSAR on behalf of the user when needed.