Data processing and communications systems and methods for the efficient implementation of privacy by design

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10353674-B2
Application number	US-201816160577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2018
Priority date	Jun 10, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

Data processing systems and methods for: (1) receiving from a first set of users, respective answers for question/answer pairings regarding a product's proposed design; (2) using the question/answer pairings to prepare an initial privacy impact assessment for the product; (3) displaying the plurality of question/answer pairings to a second set of users; (4) receiving recommended steps to be implemented as part of the design of the product to address any privacy-related concerns identified in the initial privacy impact assessment; and (5) after the tasks have been completed, generating a report documenting that: (a) the initial privacy assessment has been conducted for the product; (b) one or more revisions have been made to the product to facilitate the compliance of the product with the one or more privacy standards; and (c) an updated privacy assessment has been conducted for the product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented data processing method for demonstrating compliance with privacy-by-design practices, the method comprising:
automatically electronically analyzing, by one or more computer processors, computer code to determine one or more privacy-related attributes of the computer code, each of the privacy-related attributes indicating one or more types of personal information that the computer code collects or accesses;
in response to determining that the computer code has a particular one of the one or more privacy-related attributes: (A) executing, by one or more computer processors, the steps of: (i) electronically displaying one or more prompts to one or more first individuals requesting that the one or more first individuals input information regarding the particular privacy-related attribute; (ii) receiving input information from the one or more first individuals regarding the particular privacy-related attribute; and (iii) communicating the information regarding the particular privacy-related attribute to one or more second individuals for use in conducting a first privacy assessment of the computer code; (B) changing, by one or more computer processors, an indicator associated with the code to indicate that the particular privacy-related attribute should be reviewed by one or more designated individuals; and (C) changing, by one or more computer processors, an indicator associated with the computer code to indicate that the computer code should be modified to not include the particular privacy-related attribute;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, from the one or more second individuals, one or more revisions to the design of the computer code, the one or more revisions comprising one or more steps that facilitate the compliance of the computer code with one or more privacy standards;
in response to receiving the one or more revisions, automatically initiating, by one or more computer processors, the generation of at least one task that is to be used in managing the design of the computer code, the at least one task comprising one or more tasks that, if completed, would individually or collectively result in the one or more revisions to the design of the computer code;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a notification that the at least one task has been completed;
at least partially in response to receiving the notification that the at least one task has been completed, generating, by one or more computer processors, a second, updated privacy assessment for the computer code that reflects the fact that the one or more revisions have been completed; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, a report listing the one or more revisions that have been completed.

2. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing the one or more revisions to determine whether the one or more revisions substantively impact the computer code's compliance with one or more privacy standards.

3. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 2 , wherein the step of analyzing the one or more revisions to determine whether the one or more revisions substantively impact the computer code's compliance with one or more privacy standards comprises determining whether the one or more revisions revise the computer code by executing a step selected from a group consisting of: (i) anonymizing personal data, and (ii) encrypting personal data.

4. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 2 , wherein the step of analyzing the one or more revisions to determine whether the one or more revisions substantively impact the product's compliance with one or more privacy standards comprises determining whether the one or more revisions revise the product to minimize the use of personal data.

5. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first individuals include one or more software developers.

6. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 5 , wherein the one or more second individuals comprise one or more privacy officers.

7. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , wherein the product is a particular version of a particular software application.

8. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , wherein the product is a computerized appliance.

9. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of displaying the updated privacy assessment to one or more users on a display screen.

10. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one task comprises changing the particular computer code to modify the way that it obtains, uses, or stores personal data.

11. A computer-implemented data processing method for demonstrating the compliance of an organization with privacy-by-design practices, the method comprising:
electronically obtaining, by one or more computer processors, computer code based on a location provided by one or more first individuals, of the computer code;
automatically electronically analyzing, by one or more computer processors, the computer code to determine one or more privacy-related attributes of the computer code, each of the privacy-related attributes indicating one or more types of personal information that the computer code collects or accesses;
in response to determining that the computer code has a particular one of the one or more privacy-related attributes: executing, by one or more computer processors, the steps of: (i) receiving input information from the one or more first individuals regarding the particular privacy-related attribute; and (ii) communicating, by one or more computer processors, the information regarding the particular privacy-related attribute to one or more second individuals for use in conducting a first privacy assessment of the computer code;
receiving, from the one or more second individuals, one or more revisions to the design of the computer code comprising one or more steps that facilitate the compliance of the computer code with one or more privacy standards;
in response to receiving the one or more revisions, automatically initiating, by one or more computer processors, the generation of at least one task that, if completed, would individually or collectively result in the one or more revisions to the design of the computer code;
receiving a notification, by one or more computer processors, that the at least one task has been completed;
at least partially in response to receiving the notification that the at least one task has been completed, generating, by one or more computer processors, a second, updated privacy assessment for the computer code that reflects the fact that the one or more revisions have been completed; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, a report documenting that: (1) the initial privacy assessment has been conducted; (2) the one or more revisions have been made to the computer code to facilitate the compliance of the computer code with the one or more privacy standards; and (3) the updated privacy assessment has been conducted.

12. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more first individuals comprise one or more software developers.

13. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more second individuals comprise one or more privacy officers.

14. The computer-implemented data processing method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of displaying the report to one or more users on a display screen.

Assignees

• Onetrust Llc

Inventors

• Barday Kabir A

Classifications

• G06Q30/018

  Certifying business or products · CPC title

• G06F8/20 Primary

  Software design · CPC title

• G06F8/30

  Creation or generation of source code · CPC title

• G06F8/75

  Structural analysis for program understanding · CPC title

• G06F8/73

  Program documentation · CPC title