Status-Based Consent Management for Privacy Leakage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in making informed choices about consenting to various privacy-related items, as existing techniques only offer a binary "consent/dissent" option, lacking flexibility and increasing the risk of personal information leakage.
Innovation Solution
A processing apparatus and system that manage status information and consent information for users, allowing them to consent to specific privacy items based on their current status, thereby providing a more flexible consent mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users are enabled to choose consent/dissent for each transmission destination, then service consideration is improved, but flexibility of choice is insufficient and privacy leakage risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the consent mechanism by dividing consent items into different categories (e.g., personal information, biometric information, location information) and organizing transmission destinations by purpose (e.g., emergency services, health services, convenience services). This segmentation allows users to make informed choices about each category rather than facing a single binary decision, thereby improving both service consideration and flexibility of choice.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to the consent mechanism by adding purpose-based categorization and detailed consent items beyond the simple consent/dissent binary choice. This multi-dimensional approach (combining transmission destination, purpose, and information type) enables users to exercise more nuanced control over their personal information, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
2Ease of operation
If users consent to various consent items, then more considerate service is received, but risk of individual information leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by requiring users to provide informed consent before their personal information is transmitted to any destination. The system presents users with detailed consent items and purposes in advance, allowing them to make informed decisions about what information to share. This preliminary informed consent mechanism ensures that users only authorize transmissions they understand and accept, reducing information leakage risk while maintaining high service quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that provide users with information about how their personal information is being used and transmitted. This feedback loop enables users to monitor and control their information sharing, allowing them to revoke or modify consent as needed. The feedback mechanism builds user trust and reduces information leakage risk by ensuring transparency in data processing.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a processing apparatus (100) including: a status information management unit (110) that manages status information in which a current status of each of management target users is registered; a consent information management unit (120) that manages consent information in which determination as to whether to consent to a predetermined consent item is registered for each assumed status in association with each of the management target users; and a decision unit (130) that determines a current status of a first management target user among the management target users, based on the consent information and the status information, decides whether the first management target user consents to the predetermined consent item in a determined status, and issues a predetermined right according to a result of decision.