Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storing anonymized identifiers instead of personally identifiable information
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Application No.: US16279939Application Date: 2019-02-19
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Publication No.: US10706277B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Raphael A. Rodriguez
- Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for handling personal identifiable information. In some implementations, the information is collected during the authentication of identification (ID) documents. The system includes a one-way hashing function that converts unique personal identifiable information into a unique digest. The system can store the digest without having to store the personal identifiable information. Because the hashing function generates the same digest when given the same input, the digests can be used as anonymized identifiers in place of the personal identifiable information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190180100A1 STORING ANONYMIZED IDENTIFIERS INSTEAD OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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