Patent attributes
A result of application of a test to information about a user (U) is securely transmitted between a source of information (A) and a destination of information (B) via an intermediary device (C). The source of information can be, for example, a database of personal data, and the destination of information (B) a server of a service provider performing services depending on an age limit. The intermediary device (C) minimizes the information that is made available to the source (A) and the destination (B) about the purpose of the test and the underlying data. To this end, the intermediary device (C) executes a secure comparison protocol with the source (A), whereby the encrypted result is additionally blinded, for example, with a blinding that comes from the user. The intermediary device (C) decrypts the blinded encrypted result, so that a blinded result is left. The destination B removes the blinding, preferably on the basis of blinding information of the user. The intermediary device (C) preferably sends the blinded comparison result to the user (U).