Scalable privacy protected web content sharing mechanism for web based applications

A server for protecting a primary user's privacy during a shared web session, the system comprising:

• a communications interface;
• a memory coupled to the communications interface, wherein the memory stores an electronic request processing application;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor executes the electronic request processing application stored in the memory, the electronic request processing application comprising program instructions for:
• selecting shareable content of the primary user's web browser by comparing elements in versions of a website to determine a difference in web site elements, wherein the shareable content comprises static elements and dynamic elements of the web site unaltered by the user's previous interactions with the web site;
• selecting private content of the primary user's web browser by comparing elements in versions of the website to determine a difference in web site elements, wherein the private content comprises dynamic elements of the web site that have been personalized based on the primary user's previous interactions with the web site;
• and
• sending a uniform resource locator (URL) to a secondary user to initiate the shared web session during which only the selected shareable content of the primary user's web browser is available to the secondary user.