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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jerry Huang, Redmond, WA (US);
Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, NY (US);
QingHu Li, Beijing, CN;
Howard Liu, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for protecting stored data. A user interface module enables a data sensitivity level, a data protection response, and a contextual trigger to be associated with data stored in a computing device. The user interface is configured to enable the data protection response to be selected from a plurality of data protection responses that includes a soft delete and a hard delete. A contextual trigger monitor is configured to monitor for an occurrence of the contextual trigger. A data protection enactor is configured to enact the data protection response associated with the data when an occurrence of the contextual trigger is detected.