Managing Personal Information on a Network

A method comprising:

• customizing, by a server comprising a processor, a plurality of privacy layers and categories within a template associated with a user based on an input received from a communications device;
• receiving, at the server from a requesting device, a request for an information item, the information item being associated with the user and comprising a preference comprising a first tag identifying a privacy layer and a second tag identifying a category, the information item being stored in the template associated with the user based on the second tag;
• and
• disseminating, by the server, the information item to the requesting device based upon the privacy layer identified by the first tag.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a requesting device, a request for an information item associated with a user, the information item comprising a privacy layer identified by a first tag and a category identified by a second tag, the information item being stored in a database comprising a plurality of privacy layers and categories, the first tag and the second tag being definable via a user interface on a communications device operated by the user;
• authenticating the request;
• and
• converting the information item to a format based on a format requirement of the requesting device.