Method of and system for controlling access to personal information records

A method of distributing information for an individual over a communications network comprising the steps of:

• A. generating a plurality of access security codes;
• B. generating a plurality of hierarchical categories, ranging from a low security category to a high security category;
• C. categorizing the individual's information into privacy levels ranging from a least private level to a most private level;
• D. inputting the individual's categorized information into said plurality of hierarchical categories, said least private level being input into said low security category and said most private level being input into said high security category;
• E. assigning, by said individual, to each of said categories, one or more of said access security codes, such that said information in each category will be released only if the assigned access security codes are received;
• F. providing, by said individual, to one or more requestors access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
• G. receiving, from a requestor, one or more of said access security codes over said communications network;
• H. determining whether said received access security codes match one or more of said assigned access security codes;
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• I. transmitting, to said requestor over said communications network, said information in said categories in which said received security access codes match said assigned security access codes.

A system for distributing information for an individual over a communications network comprising:

• a host server system including a computer processor and associated memory, said host server system having a database of a plurality information categories for the individual, each of said categories having an information set of said individual contained therein, each of said categories having one or more security access codes assigned thereto;
• a request system including a computer processor and associated memory, said request system for inputting one or more of said security access codes provided to said requester by said individual, to said host server system over said communications network;
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• an access determining device for transmitting, to said request system, the information in each of said categories in which said input security access codes match said assigned security access codes.