Systems and methods for mediating information requests

A system for mediating information requests, the system comprising:

• a detecting module, stored in memory, that detects, at an information-managing device, a request for the information-managing device to provide a plurality of elements of personal information to a requesting device that is within physical proximity of the information-managing device;
• an evaluating module, stored in memory, that:
• identifies at least one attribute of the request that describes a context in which the information-managing device detected the request, wherein the at least one attribute comprises a device type of the requesting device;
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• evaluates each requested element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, based at least in part on determining whether the requested element of personal information matches the context in which the information-managing device detected the request, for whether the request for the requested element of personal information is an appropriate request for the requested element of personal information;
• a performing module, stored in memory, that prevents the information-managing device from providing elements of personal information to requesting devices that requested the elements of personal information in an inappropriate context by performing, at the information-managing device, a security action that responds to the request in a manner that is commensurate to the appropriateness of the request for the element of personal information, wherein the security action comprises:
• in response to determining that a first portion of the request represents an inappropriate request for a first element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, preventing the information-managing device at least from providing the first element of personal information to the requesting device;
• and
• in response to determining that an additional portion of the request represents an appropriate request for an additional element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, providing the additional element of personal information to the requesting device;
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• at least one physical processor configured to execute the detecting module, the evaluating module, and the performing module.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• detect, at the information-managing device, a request for the information-managing device to provide a plurality of elements of personal information to a requesting device that is within physical proximity of the information-managing device;
• identify at least one attribute of the request that describes a context in which the information-managing device detected the request, wherein the at least one attribute comprises a device type of the requesting device;
• evaluate each requested element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, based at least in part on determining whether the requested element of personal information matches the context in which the information-managing device detected the request, for whether the request for the requested element of personal information is an appropriate request for the requested element of personal information;
• and
• prevent the information-managing device from providing elements of personal information to requesting devices that requested the elements of personal information in an inappropriate context by performing, at the information-managing device, a security action that responds to the request in a manner that is commensurate to the appropriateness of the request for the element of personal information, wherein the security action comprises:
• in response to determining that a first portion of the request represents an inappropriate request for a first element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, preventing the information-managing device at least from providing the first element of personal information to the requesting device;
• and
• in response to determining that an additional portion of the request represents an appropriate request for an additional element of personal information in the plurality of elements of personal information, providing the additional element of personal information to the requesting device.