PRIVACY-PRESERVING METHOD FOR SKIMMING OF DATA FROM A COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE

A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harv...

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Hauptverfasser: ERICKSON THOMAS D, DANIS CATALINA M, HELANDER MARY E, KELLOGG WENDY A, SINGER DAVID S, SWART CALVIN B, ROSENBAUM RHONDA
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harvesting the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable under the privacy policy; transforming the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable if said collaboration data can be transformed in accordance with a set of rules defined in the privacy policy; and storing the harvested collaboration data in a database.