Genome Data Sharing Profiles With Granular Privacy Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for sharing personal genetic data are basic and lack capability, limiting the ability to securely and efficiently share such information with others.
Innovation Solution
A web application system that allows users to create accounts, manage profiles, and establish sharing levels for genetic and personal data, enabling secure and customizable data sharing with other users, including options for one-way sharing and bidirectional data access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current basic techniques are used for sharing personal data, then data sharing can be achieved, but the capability and security of data sharing are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data sharing into multiple levels (e.g., view-only, download-permitted, edit-permitted) and divides control among different users. Each user can be granted specific permissions for specific datasets, allowing fine-grained control over data access while maintaining security. This resolves the contradiction by enabling versatile sharing capabilities through segmented permission levels while preserving security through controlled access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the data management platform) that mediates between data owners and data requesters. This intermediary enforces access control policies, manages sharing permissions, and monitors data usage, thereby enabling versatile data sharing while maintaining security through centralized control and policy enforcement.
2Ease of operation
If basic sharing techniques are used, then data can be shared, but privacy control and management capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic privacy control where sharing permissions can be changed at any time by the data owner. Users can dynamically adjust which datasets are shared, with whom, and at what level of access. This resolves the contradiction by making privacy control adaptable and versatile while maintaining ease of operation through user-friendly interfaces that allow simple permission changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows data owners to pre-configure sharing policies and permissions before data is requested. Users can set up advance rules for data sharing, specifying which users or groups can access which datasets under what conditions. This resolves the contradiction by enabling versatile privacy control through pre-established policies while maintaining ease of operation through automated policy enforcement.
3Reliability
If simple password protection is used, then basic security is provided, but customizable data access control is not available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by granting different permission levels to different users for different datasets. Instead of a single uniform access level, each user-dataset pair can have customized permissions (e.g., user A can view dataset 1 but not download it, while user B can view and download dataset 1 but not edit it). This resolves the contradiction by providing basic security through authentication while enabling extensive access control customization through localized permission settings.
Data Source
AI summary
Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.