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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

May. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

John S. Crowe, Durham, NC (US);

Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Jennifer J. Lee-Baron, Morrisville, NC (US);

Nathan J. Peterson, Durham, NC (US);

Amy L. Rose, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Bryan L. Young, Tualatin, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06F 21/6263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 2209/04 (2013.01); H04L 2209/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for securing personally identifiable information include: identifying, present on a computer system, personally identifiable information ('PII'); ranking the PII for a user identifiable by the PII; setting a time limit for the PII based on the rank; and responsive to the time limit elapsing, performing one or more actions to secure the PII.


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