Personal Data Store Access Control via Privacy Gateway
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data privacy systems rely on organizations to manage and protect personal data, leading to vulnerabilities and a lack of control for data subjects over their sensitive information.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a personal data store controlled by the data subject, where data is stored and managed by the individual, and access is granted through unique references and access keys, allowing for fine-grained control over data access and revocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data is stored and managed by organizations, then data access and management is convenient for service providers, but data subjects lose control over their personal data and security vulnerabilities increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional data management model by shifting control from organizations to data subjects. Instead of organizations storing and managing personal data, the system enables data subjects to store their own data in personal data stores and grant controlled access to organizations through access keys and references. This inversion resolves the contradiction by placing data security control in the hands of data subjects while maintaining operational convenience through automated access management mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a privacy gateway as an intermediary between data subjects and organizations. The privacy gateway manages access requests, validates access keys, and facilitates data sharing without requiring organizations to directly manage personal data. This intermediary mechanism enables convenient data access for service providers while ensuring data subjects maintain control and security through the gateway's mediation.
2Productivity
If organizations manage personal data, then service delivery is efficient, but data subjects lack control and liability for service providers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling data subjects to independently manage their own personal data through personal data stores. Data subjects can control access, revoke permissions, and manage their data without requiring organization intervention. This self-service approach maintains service delivery efficiency through automated access mechanisms while granting data subjects full control, thereby resolving the contradiction between productivity and ease of operation.
3Device complexity
If data is stored in centralized organizational systems, then data management is simplified for providers, but security vulnerabilities and liability increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments centralized organizational data storage into distributed personal data stores owned and controlled by individual data subjects. Each data subject has their own secure data storage environment, eliminating the single point of failure and security vulnerability inherent in centralized systems. The privacy gateway provides a simplified interface for managing these segmented stores, resolving the contradiction by distributing data storage while maintaining management simplicity through standardized access protocols.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a request to provide an entity with access to data associated with a user. A reference to location of the data within a data store controlled by the user and an access key associated with the data store is generated. Upon receiving an indication of user approval of the request, a response package is sent to the entity. The response package includes the reference to the location of the data, an obscured version of the data, and the access key. The data is obtained from the data store using the reference to the data and the access key provided by the entity. The data is provided to the entity.