Proposal of privacy policy matching engine

We propose a system called "Privacy Policy Matching Engine", which enables a matching of a user's intention to provide his/her identity-related data and enterprises' privacy policies. This engine automatically analyzes the policies with a focus on the types and the handling of the identity-related data provided by the user when browsing the enterprise's websites or shopping online. This system is designed to allow users to create "user policies" for personal data protection (users' intentions to provide their identity-related data), just as enterprises have policies describing enterprises' intention to consume the data. The aim of this system is to encourage users to take the initiative in selecting business entities that the user feels comfortable with by simply matching user policies and privacy policies. This document describes the concept of the matching engine and the prototype. Keywords Identity-related Data, Privacy Policy, Search En...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: DIM
• Authors: Takao Kojima, Yukio Itakura
• Keywords: DIM 2008, Identity-related Data, Information Management, Privacy Policies, User Policies