subcontracting is a common practice in logistics industry for delivering goods from a consigner to a consignee , meaning that a prime logistics service provider , e . g . a third - party logistics company , usually outsources its contracted logistics service from the consigner to specialized companies to execute individual logistics operations . in the present disclosure , a light - weight privacy protection mechanism is introduced for these enterprises with subcontracting relationships to share logistics track and trace data captured with auto - id systems equipped with rfid readers , sensors , or global positioning devices . the mechanism consists of a set of protocols designed for the involved stakeholders to register and cancel subcontracting relationship , to set up and clear outsourced logistics job , to upload , update and clear the job data , to track the job execution progress and trace the job execution history , and a method and system to implement these protocols .