Privacy Campaign Risk Assessment via Abnormal Input Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack effective methods to monitor compliance with privacy policies and laws, allowing individuals to potentially provide incomplete or incorrect information to avoid audits, leading to a need for improved monitoring and risk assessment in data privacy campaigns.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented data processing method that actively monitors user inputs and context, compares pre-submission and post-submission data to detect abnormal inputs, and automatically flags discrepancies, while also assessing risk through audited privacy templates and question/answer pairings to generate alerts and audit schedules.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional passive monitoring methods are used for privacy campaign compliance, then system complexity remains low, but compliance monitoring effectiveness deteriorates allowing incomplete or incorrect information to be provided

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance monitoring effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by proactively monitoring and validating user inputs before they are submitted as part of privacy campaign information. The system detects abnormal keyboard entries and flags potential compliance issues before the information is finalized, preventing incomplete or incorrect data from being recorded. This preliminary validation approach improves compliance monitoring effectiveness without requiring complex post-submission analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user inputs and providing real-time validation. When abnormal keyboard entries are detected (such as unexpected deletion patterns or rapid typing), the system flags these inputs for review. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain high compliance monitoring effectiveness by automatically identifying and flagging potential issues as they occur during the information entry process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive input monitoring and analysis is implemented to detect abnormal user behavior, then compliance detection accuracy improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance detection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial monitoring by focusing on specific abnormal input patterns rather than analyzing every single keyboard entry in detail. It targets excessive actions such as unusual deletion patterns, rapid typing sequences, or inconsistent editing behavior that are indicative of potential compliance issues. This selective approach maintains high compliance detection accuracy while minimizing the time required to process user inputs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system skips detailed analysis of normal, routine input patterns and quickly processes straightforward information entries. It rushes through常规 inputs that show no abnormal characteristics, reserving comprehensive analysis only for entries that exhibit suspicious patterns. This allows the system to maintain high detection accuracy for abnormal behaviors while significantly reducing processing time for normal operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

3Loss of information

If real-time keyboard entry monitoring is performed to detect abnormal inputs, then data completeness improves, but user experience deteriorates due to increased scrutiny

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system operates as a self-service monitoring mechanism that automatically detects and flags abnormal inputs without requiring user intervention or awareness. The monitoring process runs independently in the background, analyzing keyboard entries for compliance issues while allowing users to complete their information entry tasks without additional steps or notifications. This maintains data completeness through automatic detection while preserving a smooth user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between the user and the compliance validation process. Rather than directly confronting users with compliance checks or requiring them to manually verify their inputs, the system silently monitors and flags abnormal patterns in the background. This intermediary approach ensures data completeness through continuous monitoring while keeping the user experience seamless and uninterrupted.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10706131B2Data processing systems and methods for efficiently assessing the risk of privacy campaigns
Publication Date: 2020.07.07 ONETRUST LLC
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AI summary

Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments are adapted for efficiently processing data to allow for the streamlined assessment of the risk level associated with particular privacy campaigns. The systems may provide a centralized repository of templates of privacy-related question/answer pairings for various vendors, products (e.g., software products), and services. Different entities may electronically access the templates (which may be periodically updated and centrally audited) and customize the templates for evaluating the risk associated with the entities' respective business endeavors that involve the relevant vendors, products, or services.