Privacy Computing Unit for Secure Cross-Institutional Data Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Institutions face challenges in sharing user verification data securely and trustworthyly, particularly in anti-money laundering scenarios where financial institutions need KYC verification results but lack direct access to user basic data, due to privacy protection regulations.

Innovation Solution

An information sharing method and apparatus utilizing a privacy computing unit that performs matching verification on user basic data from a second institution and trustworthy third institution, ensuring encrypted data transmission and authentic verification results are shared with the first institution without exposing user data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If institutions share user verification data directly, then verification accuracy and trustworthiness improve, but user data privacy and security are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification result trustworthinessVSAvoiduser data privacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A privacy computing unit is introduced as an intermediary between institutions. The unit receives encrypted user data from multiple institutions, performs verification computations without decrypting the data, and returns verification results. This mediator enables cross-institutional verification while maintaining data encryption and privacy protection throughout the process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The verification process is segmented into separate functional components: data submission by institutions, encrypted data transmission to the privacy computing unit, verification computation by the unit, and result return. This segmentation allows each institution to contribute data without having access to other institutions' data or the verification logic of others, ensuring both accuracy and privacy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If institutions obtain user basic data from multiple sources, then verification accuracy improves, but data transmission security risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification accuracyVSAvoiddata transmission leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The data is transformed from plaintext to encrypted form before transmission. The privacy computing unit operates on encrypted data using homomorphic encryption or secure multi-party computation techniques, allowing verification computations to be performed on ciphertext without decryption. This parameter change from plaintext to encrypted state maintains verification accuracy while eliminating transmission leakage risks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If financial institutions access user KYC data directly, then regulatory compliance improves, but data access control and privacy protection deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregulatory complianceVSAvoiddata access control
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The privacy computing unit serves as a controlled intermediary that financial institutions interact with through standardized interfaces. Institutions can obtain verification results needed for regulatory compliance without directly accessing user data or other institutions' data systems. The intermediary maintains strict access control while enabling compliant operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of giving institutions direct access to original user data, the system provides copies in the form of verification results. These results contain the necessary information for regulatory compliance (e.g., verification pass/fail status) without exposing the underlying sensitive user data, thus maintaining access control while enabling compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentEP3962135B1Information sharing methods, apparatuses, and devices
Publication Date: 2024.04.24 ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present specification disclose an information sharing method, apparatus, and device. The solution can include: After obtaining a user verification result acquisition request sent by a first institution, a privacy computing unit can determine a verification result of a user requested by the user verification result acquisition request, and feed back the verification result of the user to the first institution. The verification result of the user is obtained by performing matching verification on first data and second data of the user; the first data is user basic data obtained by decrypting first encrypted data of the user that is sent by a second institution; the second data is user basic data obtained by decrypting second encrypted data of the user that is sent by a third institution; and the third institution is a trustworthy institution.