Privacy Control in a Social Network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFaheem Altaf, Steven Duane Clay, Eduardo N. Spring, Shunguo Yan
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Abstract
An approach is provided to provide privacy control in a social network. In the approach, a first post is posted from a first user to a second user in the social network with the first post including private data belonging to the first user. Subsequent postings are monitored for the first user's private data. When the monitoring detects a second post of the first user's private data with the second post being from the second user to a third user in the social network, privacy controls are performed. The privacy controls mask the first user's private data from the third user so that the first user's private data inaccessible (not visible) to the third user.
Claims8
A method of privacy control in a social network, the method, implemented by an information handling system, comprising:
- posting a first post from a first user to a second user in the social network, wherein the first post includes private data of the first user;
- monitoring one or more subsequent postings for the first user's private data;
- detecting, based on the monitoring, a second post of the first user's private data, the second post being from the second user to a third user in the social network;
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- based on the detection, masking the first user's private data from the third user, the masking making the first user's private data inaccessible to the third user.
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