Method and apparatus for triggering user communications based on privacy information

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• select one or more parameters associated with a privacy metric;
• determine the parameters in a communication environment, the communication environment including a user device and a plurality of other devices;
• compute a privacy level based, at least in part, on the parameters and the privacy metric;
• compare the computed privacy level against a predetermined privacy level;
• and
• trigger a communication to one or more of the other devices in the communication environment based, at least in part, on the comparison.

A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• selecting one or more parameters associated with a privacy metric;
• determining the parameters in a communication environment, the communication environment including a user device and a plurality of other devices;
• computing a privacy level based, at least in part, on the parameters and the privacy metric;
• comparing the computed privacy level against a predetermined privacy level;
• and
• triggering a communication to one or more of the other devices in the communication environment based, at least in part, on the comparison.