Methods and systems for user opt-in to data privacy agreements
AssigneeVenpath, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Hall, Steven Eakin
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Abstract
A method for controlling access to a user's personal information includes obtaining, from an application executing on a device of a user of the application, personal information about the user of an application; determining a required permission from the user for at least one proposed use of the personal information; presenting, to the user, a first offer to provide access to at least one enhanced function of the application in exchange for the required permission; and responsive to the user providing the required permission, providing the user with access to the at least one enhanced function of the application.
Claims17
A method for controlling access to a user's personal information comprising:
- providing a software component for inclusion in an application, the software component having an application programming interface (API);
- obtaining, from the application executing on a device of a user of the application, personal information about the user of the application, the personal information obtained via the API by the software component executing on the device;
- identifying the type of the obtained personal information;
- determining, based on at least the type of obtained personal information, a required permission from the user for at least one proposed use of the obtained personal information;
- presenting, to the user, a first offer to provide access to at least one enhanced function of the application in exchange for the required permission;
- and
- responsive to the user providing the required permission, providing the user with access to the at least one enhanced function of the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.