Patent ID: 8499152

Claim:
A method of tracking confidential files within a computer network, said method comprising: receiving at a client computer in said computer network from a server computer a file policy for a confidential computer file, said file policy including at least one event, a corresponding action, and one or more unique file identifiers, one of said unique file identifiers uniquely identifying said confidential computer file; detecting by said client computer a user-initiated activity on said client computer that affects a client computer file; determining that said client computer file is said confidential computer file by comparing a unique identifier of the client computer file to one or more of said unique file identifiers stored in the file policy; determining a location of said confidential computer file based upon said comparing; sending from said client computer to said server computer the location of said confidential computer file within said computer network; and sending from said client computer to said server computer an indication of said user-initiated activity.