Business partner data deletion for privacy

摘要

Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include at least one of systems, modules, processes, methods, and software that operate to keep customer, vendor, and business partner private information private.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying, by retrieving computer application configuration settings from a data storage device, all applications registered to utilize information lifecycle management services with regard to residence, blocking, and retention periods for private data of entities, wherein:
the residence period is a period within which certain data is maintained and is accessible to a first group including at least one user or at least one process;the blocking period is a period following the residence period within which the certain data is maintained but access of the particular data is blocked from at least a portion of the first group; and the retention period is a period following the blocking period following the expiration of which the particular data is to be deleted; for each entity represented in a set of one or more private data tables and for each registered application, determining whether access to entity data stored in the one or more private data tables and registered applications should be blocked and whether a retention period is reached with regard to data of the respective entity, wherein:
determining whether access to entity data stored in the one or more private data tables and registered applications should be blocked includes evaluating date-time stamp data indicating when respective data was created or last modified in view of the residence period, date-time stamp data outside of the residence period indicating access to the respective entity data stored in the one or more private data tables and registered applications is to be blocked; and determining whether a retention period is reached with regard to data of the respective entity includes evaluating the date-time stamp data indicating when respective data was created or last modified in view of the retention period, date-time stamp data outside of the retention period indicating access to the respective entity data stored in the one or more private data tables and registered applications is to be deleted; for each entity where transaction data or private data in the private data tables should be blocked, blocking access to the transaction data and private data associated with the respective entity and moving the transaction data or private data for which access is blocked out of the set of one or more private data tables and each registered application to a data archive; and for each entity where the retention period has been reached, deleting data of the entity from the set of one or more private data tables and each registered application.