International Business Machines Corporation

Matthew P Leonard

Jan Leonard Camenisch

Xuan Liu

Matthias Schunter

Michael Waidner

Edith Gail Schonberg

Kathryn Ann Bohrer

Calvin Stacy Powers

Charles Campbell Palmer

Steven B Adler

Arthur Miles Gilbert

Elsie A Van Herreweghen

Nigel Howard Julian Brown

Dogan Kesdogan

Adam Charles Nelson

Endre Felix Bangerter

Michael Schnyder

Michael Robert McCullough

In a computer, a first set of object classes are provided representing active entities in an information-handling process and a second set of object classes are provided representing data and rules in the information-handling process. At least one object class has rules associated with data. The above-mentioned objects are used in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and to provide an output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.

Using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information

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Matthew P Leonard