Trust Root Consent Receipts for Granular Data Access Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing consent management systems struggle with updating consent in response to technological advancements, lack granularity in defining data usage permissions, and face challenges in auditing and proving consent, leading to operational uncertainty and legal exposure due to jurisdictional complexities and privacy concerns.
Innovation Solution
A trust root server system that centralizes consent management, tracks, propagates, and audits customer data access permissions through a centralized trust service, using a PUSH methodology to manage and update consents across multiple entities, ensuring immutability and non-repudiation with digital signatures, and provides transparency reports.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If consent is collected through a singular interface covering all possible uses, then comprehensive data permission is achieved, but updating consent becomes difficult and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments consent management into discrete, granular consent records that can be individually created, stored, and updated. Each consent record represents a specific data usage permission, allowing the system to manage consent at a fine-grained level rather than requiring comprehensive re-collection for any change.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing detailed consent information upfront, including the specific data uses authorized. This preliminary capture of consent granularity enables future updates and audits without requiring re-collection, as the original consent scope is preserved in the consent record.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive consent scope is collected upfront, then all data uses are covered, but auditing and proving consent becomes difficult and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through automated auditing capabilities that can retrieve and verify consent records against actual data usage. The centralized consent repository enables continuous monitoring and verification, providing feedback on whether data processing aligns with authorized consent scopes without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of consent information in a standardized, machine-readable format within the consent repository. These digital copies enable automated auditing and verification processes, replacing expensive manual audit procedures with efficient system-based verification that can quickly retrieve and validate consent scope against actual usage.
3Device complexity
If traditional authentication systems are used with role-based access controls, then system simplicity is maintained, but authorization granularity is insufficient for future data permission needs
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments authorization from authentication, creating separate consent management functionality that operates independently from traditional role-based access controls. This segmentation allows fine-grained data usage permissions to be defined and managed separately from user identity verification, enabling greater authorization granularity while maintaining the simplicity of existing authentication infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary consent management layer that sits between authentication systems and data processing operations. This intermediary component handles granular authorization decisions based on specific consent records, allowing traditional authentication systems to remain simple while enabling sophisticated data permission control through the consent repository and verification mechanisms.
4Reliability
If multiple jurisdiction-specific consent systems are implemented, then legal compliance is achieved, but operational uncertainty and customer confusion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal consent management platform that can handle multiple jurisdiction-specific requirements through a single interface. The standardized consent record structure and verification mechanisms are designed to accommodate different legal frameworks, allowing the same system to comply with various regulations without requiring separate operational processes for each jurisdiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies homogeneity by standardizing consent record formats, storage structures, and verification procedures across all jurisdictions. This homogeneous approach ensures consistent handling of consent data regardless of the applicable legal framework, reducing operational complexity and customer confusion while maintaining compliance with diverse regulatory requirements through configurable consent parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes a consent repository and a consent management interface. The consent repository is configured to store data and one or more existing consent receipts. A method performed by the server includes receiving a customer ID that corresponds to a customer. The customer ID is matched to a universal ID stored on the server. Financial account data associated with a financial account of the customer is retrieved from a financial institution associated with the customer. Furthermore, a consent request data submission is received from an external computing device. The consent request data submission includes one or more data access consents. In addition, a consent request is transmitted to the consent management interface. The consent request includes the one or more data access consents. Additionally, the consent request is digitally signed by the server and stored in the consent repository as a new consent receipt.