Network privacy
A system and method of network privacy enables end-users of a Network to have legal title or rights to all data knowingly or unknowingly transmitted while traversing a network and make individual determinations about privacy. The components may include fiber optic, copper wire, wireless satellite and or terrestrial data transport, network-level (TCP/IP) switches, an apparatus that anonymizes and redistributes user data to network data and service providers, an apparatus, system, software or process that maintains end-user security using any network protocol, any encryption method or protocol, any anonymization method and a client Graphical User Interface (“GUI”). A client GUI, electronic communication or parcel enables network end-users to option out or option into every field of end-user data that is defined and determined to be technically and contractually collectable by the network owner as represented to the end-user by the end-user and network owner agreement terms and conditions. An apparatus system, software or process maintains end-user security where the end-user connects to the network using any network protocol, any encryption method or protocol and any anonymization method. An apparatus anonymizes and redistributes user data to network data and service providers that enable network data and service providers to obtain transmissions of end-user data on end-users that have optioned into an agreement to enable the transmission of selected optioned end-user data. A data transport network enables data to be transmitted securely to and from the end-users, the apparatus that anonymizes and redistributes the end-user's data and the network data and service providers. Private Communities of Trust may be infinitely replicated and use a Centralized Privacy Authority that administers ownership of end-user data by network users, end-user monetization of data, anonymization of end-user data that can be transmitted to data and service providers and prevention of unauthorized end-user data collection. Each COT provides access the End-User via the owner of the COT with and the Correspondence the COT owner has with Internet entities to clearly define the rights of the End-User in the COT and the role of the owner of the COT in relation to the End-User and the Central Privacy Authority. A secure method of allowing one end-user in one Private Secure Community of Trust to transfer information/files from that group to another end-user in a different Private Secure Community of Trust via the Central Privacy Authority.
1. A system for mediating interactions between a user and a community of trust, comprising:
a database configured to store agreed-upon user personal information; and
a server coupled to the database, the server being configured to facilitate communication between a user and a community of trust that includes third party websites accessible via a network using:
an anonymized user indicator for the user; and
a secure encrypted channel connection; and
a user device configured to shut communication channels, except with the server, during use of the community of trust, such that all communication with the user device is performed through the secure encrypted channel connection;
wherein the anonymized user indicator and the secure encrypted channel connection cause the user to be anonymous to the third party websites, and
wherein, during use of the community of trust, the user device can directly communicate via the secure encrypted channel only with the community of trust and the server.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the server further provides the user exclusive access to other entities accessible via networks on an anonymized basis revealing only certain personal information associated with an anonymized user indicator.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the server stores a browsing history in a database in association with the user.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the user personal information includes age and geographic information.
5. The system according to claim 1 , further including a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to:
facilitate secure private browsing: and
capture all activities as between the user and the community of trust in the database to create a user history.
6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the user personal information further includes likes.
7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the user personal information further includes dislikes.
8. A method for mediating interactions between a user and a community of trust, comprising:
provisioning a community of trust at a centralized privacy authority;
provisioning a user device on the community of trust;
exchanging encryption keys between the community of trust and the user device;
assigning an anonymized identification to a user;
accepting commands from the user at the community of trust;
communicating with the user device only via a secure encrypted channel using the encryption keys;
shutting down any communication channels involving the user device, except for the secure encrypted channel; and
providing, by the community of trust to service providers, only the anonymized identification of the user and agreed user information for sharing,
wherein, during use of the community of trust, the user device can directly communicate via the secure encrypted channel only with the community of trust and the centralized privacy authority.
9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising storing user information, including the agreed upon user information in the centralized privacy authority.
10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising providing the user exclusive access to other entities accessible via networks on an anonymized basis, revealing only certain personal information associated with an anonymized user indicator.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the other entities include third party websites, advertisers, and content providers that provide content based on the anonymized user indicator, which does not reveal personal information of the user.
12. The system according to claim 9 , further comprising storing in the central privacy authority the user's browsing history in a database in association with the user.
13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the user's device exclusively communicates via the secure encrypted channel with the centralized privacy authority during the user's use of the centralized privacy authority.
14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the agreed user information includes age and geographic information.
15. A computer program product that comprises a non-transient, computer usable medium having computer program logic stored therein, the computer program logic being capable of execution by a computer processor, comprising:
provisioning logic for causing a processor to provision a community of trust at a centralized privacy authority;
provisioning logic for causing a processor to provision a user device on the community of trust;
exchanging logic for causing a processor to exchange encryption keys between the community of trust and the user device;
disabling logic for causing a processor to disable Internet connectivity of the user device;
establishing logic for causing a processor to establish a secure connection with the centralized privacy authority;
assigning logic for causing a processor to assign an anonymized identification to a user;
accepting logic for causing a processor to accept commands from the user at the community of trust; and
providing logic for causing a processor to provide, by the community of trust to service providers, only the anonymized identification of the user and agreed user information for sharing,
wherein, during use of the community of trust, the user device can directly communicate via the secure encrypted channel only with the community of trust and the centralized privacy authority.
16. A computer program product that comprises a non-transient, computer useable medium having computer program logic stored therein, the computer program logic being capable of execution by a computer processor, comprising:
opening logic for causing a processor to open a user interface;
disabling logic for causing a processor to disable Internet connectivity;
establishing logic for causing a processor to establish a secure connection with a privacy server; and
enabling logic for causing a processor to enable a user to communicate with a community of trust and content providers through the privacy server,
wherein, during use of the community of trust, the user device can directly communicate via the secure encrypted channel only with the community of trust and the centralized privacy authority.