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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Wayne A. Pauley, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Michel F. Fisher, Natick, MA (US);
Wayne A. Pauley, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Michel F. Fisher, Natick, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Private information is frequently made public or semi-public, often without foresight as to the consequences of such a divulgence. Additionally, intentionally divulged information that is intended to be maintained as private is routinely sold to advertisers and information brokers. Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus and a computer-program product for encrypting privacy-related information in a data stream. The method includes receiving a data stream transmitted from a source. A contextual analysis is then performed on the content of privacy-related portions of the data stream. The privacy-related portions of the data stream are then encrypted according to the contextual analysis before being forwarded to the intended destination.