US 12,314,432 B2
System and method for assessment of privacy exposure and computing risk index for online service
Ram Sharan Singh, Bangalore (IN); Srikanth Nalluri, Karnataka (IN); and Dattatraya Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,393.
Prior Publication US 2024/0070314 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving privacy information about an entity from a privacy resource;
parsing the privacy information into a plurality of attributes of a user;
calculating a privacy exposure index, at least in part based on each of the plurality of attributes, wherein the privacy exposure index is at least in part based on a summation of a respective score for each of the plurality of attributes, and each respective score is at least in part based on a product of an attribute score of the respective attribute and a score of whether the attribute is mandatory or expected for the entity; and
transmitting the privacy exposure index.