Systems and methods of audit trailing of data incorporation

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured with instructions for controlling flow of information from computer to computer using a database server, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, implement:

• maintaining opt trail fields in a trust object linked to a user profile that connects a target user to an information source of an information about a product or service, wherein the opt trail fields include information that assists the target user to recall circumstances in which the target user opted into the information source of the information about the product or service including a time, a date, and a location of an opt-in action;
• providing information included in the opt trail fields to the target user;
• receiving instructions setting a preference of the target user to continue or discontinue receipt of the information about the product or service from the information source of the information about the product or service and updating the trust object according to the preference;
• and
• using the trust object updated, controlling sending of information by the information source of the information about the product or service to the target user based upon the preference stored in the trust object updated.

A system for controlling information flow from computer-to-computer, comprising:

• a processor coupled to a computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:
• maintaining opt trail fields in a trust object linked to a user profile that connects a target user to an information source of an information about a product or service, wherein the opt trail fields include information that assists the target user to recall circumstances in which the target user opted into the information source of the information about the product or service including a time, a date, and a location of an opt-in action;
• providing information included in the opt trail fields to the target user;
• receiving instructions setting a preference of the target user to continue or discontinue receipt of the information about the product or service from the information source of the information about the product or service and updating the trust object according to the preference;
• and
• using the trust object updated, controlling sending of information by the information source of the information about the product or service to the target user based upon the preference stored in the trust object updated.