Purpose Agent Access Control for Multi-Purpose Personal Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data storage techniques struggle to manage personal data efficiently based on purpose, leading to difficulties in compliance with regulations like GDPR, transparency in data processing, and secure access control, especially when data is associated with multiple purposes and processed by multiple entities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for purpose-based data management, where personal data is categorized, assigned purposes, and access is controlled based on those purposes, including automatic determination and retention policies, ensuring compliance with regulations and transparency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If personal data is distributed across multiple databases for different purposes, then data can be processed for multiple functions, but it becomes difficult to efficiently manage and control access to data based on specific purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a purpose agent as an intermediary component that mediates between data storage and access control. The purpose agent stores purpose information and evaluates access requests against stored purposes, enabling centralized management of distributed data without requiring complex coordination across multiple databases. This intermediary layer simplifies the management complexity while maintaining the ability to process data for multiple purposes.
2Reliability
If access control is implemented for personal data, then security and privacy are improved, but it may restrict legitimate access needed for data processing purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by storing purpose information in advance in the purpose agent before access requests occur. When data is collected or processed, the purpose is predetermined and stored, allowing access control decisions to be made quickly by comparing requests against pre-stored purposes. This eliminates the need for complex real-time evaluation, maintaining both security and access efficiency.
3Productivity
If personal data is collected and stored for future use, then data availability is improved, but compliance with data protection regulations becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the purpose agent continuously evaluates access requests against stored purpose information and regulates data processing accordingly. This feedback loop ensures that data is only accessed and processed when the request aligns with the predetermined purpose, providing automatic compliance verification. The system monitors and controls data usage in real-time, ensuring regulation compliance while maintaining data availability for legitimate purposes.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and processes for managing access to personal data based on a purpose for storing the personal data are provided. In a method for managing personal data access, personal data for a data subject corresponding to a first data category is received, and an operation is executed in a purpose agent to associate one or more purposes to the personal data, where the one or more purposes are assigned to the first data category and include at least a first purpose. The personal data may be stored in a data storage system, and the stored personal data may be designated as being associated with the one or more purposes. Access to the personal data may be controlled based on the one or more purposes.