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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Spencer Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
NORTONLIFELOCK, INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for tracking the flow of user information over a network may include (i) recording user information transmitted from a user's computing device, (ii) identifying at least one third-party communication that utilizes at least a portion of the user information, (iii) deriving communication metadata from the third-party communication, (iv) generating, based on the communication metadata and the recorded user information, an information flow report that describes (A) the user information that was transmitted over the network connection, (B) at least one third-party communication that utilized elements of the user information, and (C) at least one element of user information utilized by the third-party communication, and (v) providing the information flow report to the user via a graphical user interface (GUI). Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.