Data processing systems and methods for synching privacy-related user consent across multiple computing devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025139287-A1
Application number	US-202519011307-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 6, 2025
Priority date	Jun 10, 2016
Publication date	May 1, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A privacy-related consent extension and data processing system may be configured to automatically extend one or more privacy-related consents for a user of a first computing device to a second computing device. In various embodiments, the system is configured to provide a computer-readable indicium (indicia) on a previously unknown computing device upon initiation of a transaction between a user and an entity collecting and processing privacy data. In response to a user using a known computing device to scan the computer-readable indicium, in various embodiments, the system may provide the ability to share user consent data provided by the first known device to the second unknown device, allowing the user to provide consent without manually re-entering privacy and consent preferences.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
receiving, via a first computing device, a session request comprising a request to access a particular service on the first computing device;
responsive to the session request, causing the first computing device to display a computer-readable indicium, wherein the computer-readable indicium comprises an indication of the session request;
receiving, via a second computing device, an indication of an interaction with the computer-readable indicium;
responsive to the interaction, causing the second computing device to follow navigation instructions and display a consent interface, wherein the consent interface comprises:
a first mechanism for providing privacy-related consent preferences for the particular service to process personal data; and
a second selectable mechanism to apply the privacy-related consent preferences to the first computing device; and

responsive to receiving an indication of a selection of the second selectable mechanism on the second computing device, transmitting the privacy-related consent preferences to the first computing device so that the privacy-related consent preferences are applied with respect to the particular service on the first computing device based on the selection of the second selectable mechanism on the second computing device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
responsive to the session request, causing the first computing device to display a link to the consent interface; receiving, via the first computing device, an indication of a selection of the link; and responsive to the indication of the selection of the link, causing the first computing device to navigate to and display the consent interface.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable indicium, when selected, is configured to provide the navigation instructions as a uniform resource locator associated with the session request of the particular service to facilitate navigation to the consent interface.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to selection of the computer-readable indicium, communicating a user profile associated with a particular data subject to the second computing device.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, responsive to transmitting the privacy-related consent preferences to the first computing device, causing the first computing device to access the particular service without additional user input on the first computing device.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the second computing device, modified privacy-related user consent preferences; and transmitting the modified privacy-related user consent preferences from the second computing device to the first computing device so that the modified privacy-related user consent preferences are applied with respect to the particular service on the first computing device.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the consent interface comprises a privacy information section comprising privacy and consent information regarding personal data, a plurality of privacy consent options, and a save selector configured to submit the privacy-related consent preferences upon selection.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to transmitting the privacy-related consent preferences to the first computing device, generating a unique consent receipt key for the session request, the unique consent receipt key comprising an indication of consent by a particular data subject to collection or processing of the personal data associated with the particular data subject as part of the particular service.

9 . A method comprising:
receiving, by computing hardware via a first computing device, a session request comprising a request to access computing functionality on the first computing device; responsive to the session request, causing, by the computing hardware, the first computing device to display a computer-readable indicium; receiving, by the computing hardware via a second computing device, an indication of an interaction with the computer-readable indicium; responsive to the interaction, causing the second computing device to follow navigation instructions and display a consent interface, wherein the consent interface comprises a mechanism for providing privacy-related user consent preferences for the computing functionality to process personal data; receiving, by the computing hardware via the mechanism on the consent interface displayed on the second computing device, the privacy-related user consent preferences; and responsive to receiving the privacy-related user consent preferences, automatically transmitting, by the computing hardware, the privacy-related user consent preferences from the second computing device to the first computing device based on a selection of the mechanism on the second computing device so that the privacy-related user consent preferences are applied with respect to the computing functionality processing the personal data on the first computing device based on the selection of the mechanism on the second computing device.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the computing functionality comprises at least one of:
a software application available on the first computing device; or a website being accessed on the first computing device.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
responsive to the session request, causing, by the computing hardware, the first computing device to display a link to the consent interface; receiving, by the computing hardware via the first computing device, an indication of a selection of the link; and responsive to the indication of the selection of the link, causing, by the computing hardware, the first computing device to navigate to and display the consent interface.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the method further comprises accessing, by the computing hardware, prior privacy-related consent preferences provided in response to a prior session request to access the computing functionality on a third computing device; and causing the second computing device to display the consent interface comprises pre-populating the mechanism for providing the privacy-related user consent preferences with the prior privacy-related consent preferences.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computing hardware from the second computing device, modified privacy-related user consent preferences; causing, by the computing hardware, an extension of the modified privacy-related user consent preferences from the second computing device to the first computing device; and causing, by the computing hardware, transmission of the modified privacy-related user consent preferences to the first computing device so that the modified privacy-related user consent preferences are applied with respect to the computing functionality on the first computing device.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising responsive to the extension of the modified privacy-related consent preferences from the second computing device to the first computing device, causing, by the computing hardware, the first computing device to access the computing functionality

Assignees

• Onetrust Llc

Inventors

• Brannon Jonathan Blake
• Whitney Patrick
• Cash Alex
• Wyckoff Spencer
• Hanson Stephanie
• Doshi Pratik

Classifications

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• G06F11/34

  Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation {; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment} · CPC title

• G06F11/3065

  Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data (error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766) · CPC title

• G06F11/3006

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title

• G06F11/3447

  Performance evaluation by modeling · CPC title