System to ensure customer privacy in an e-business

摘要

A business system includes at least one customer (and typically a plurality), at least one service provider (and typically a plurality, and a service broker. The broker maintains a customer database which includes a record for each customer. Each record includes customer information and an alias, generated by the broker, to identify the customer to the service providers. The service providers receive a reduced or redacted copy of the customer database that identifies the customers only by their aliases, thereby ensuring the privacy of the customer information.