Consent Management Hub for Privacy Risk Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users and third parties face difficulties in managing and tracking consents for accessing confidential and private information, with challenges in remembering granted consents, their expiration dates, and adhering to consent agreements, especially when users change wireless service providers.
Innovation Solution
A consent management hub system that stores and manages consent records with details like identity, timestamp, and time limits, allowing users to review, revoke, and extend consents, and notifies third parties of expiring consents, while a consent monitor application on user equipment ensures compliance by blocking unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If third party applications request access to confidential information, then functionality and service capability are improved, but user privacy and data security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a consent management hub as an intermediary system between users and third-party applications. This hub centralizes consent records, manages access requests, and mediates the balance between providing application functionality and protecting user privacy. The hub processes consent records from multiple third parties and coordinates access without requiring direct user exposure to multiple consent management tasks.
2Ease of operation
If users manage consent records manually, then control over data access is improved, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The consent management hub provides self-service functionality by automatically processing and storing consent records from multiple third-party applications. Users can access their consent records through a simplified interface without manually managing each consent. The system automatically handles consent expiration, renewal reminders, and access coordination, freeing users from time-consuming manual management tasks while maintaining full control over their data access permissions.
3Speed
If third parties store consent records locally, then access speed is improved, but data management burden and compliance complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the consent record storage function into a centralized hub that serves multiple third-party applications simultaneously. Instead of each third party maintaining separate consent records, the hub consolidates all consent records in a single location. This allows fast access to consent information while distributing the management burden away from individual third parties and their systems.
4Reliability
If consent agreements contain time limits, then compliance with regulations is improved, but system complexity for tracking expiration dates increases
Solution Approach 1:
The consent management hub implements automated feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor consent expiration dates and send notifications to both users and third parties before consents expire. The system automatically tracks time limits for all consent records and provides ongoing updates on consent status. This feedback approach ensures regulatory compliance through consistent time limit enforcement while simplifying tracking complexity through automated rather than manual monitoring.
Data Source
AI summary
In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE comprises a cellular radio transceiver, a non-transitory memory, a processor, a third party application stored in the non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the third party application causes the processor to attempt to access confidential information of the UE. When executed by the processor, the application causes the processor to determine a status of consent to release confidential information to the third party application and to take action in response to a determination that the status of consent is consent is not granted to release confidential information to the third party application.