Data protection using alerts to delay transmission

A system comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a request to transmit a message from a computing device of a user via a network to a recipient, the request comprising content of the message;
• detecting an issue with the request using at least one classifier to classify the request as having the issue, the detecting of the issue comprising accessing profile data of a profile of the recipient stored in a database of a social networking service, and the detecting of the issue is based on the accessed profile data of the profile of the recipient, the profile data of the profile of the recipient comprising at least one of a company to which the recipient belongs, a department within the company to which the recipient belongs, educational background information of the recipient, a work industry of the recipient, and one or more interests of the recipient;
• generating an alert based on the detecting of the issue;
• and
• prior to transmitting the message to a destination associated with the recipient via the network, causing the generated alert to be displayed on the computing device of the user, the alert indicating the issue with the message.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a request to transmit a message from a computing device of a user via a network to a recipient, the request comprising content of the message;
• detecting an issue with the request using at least one classifier to classify the request as having the issue, the detecting of the issue comprising accessing profile data of a profile of the recipient stored in a database of a social networking service, and the detecting of the issue is based on the accessed profile data of the profile of the recipient, the profile data of the profile of the recipient comprising at least one of a company to which the recipient belongs, a department within the company to which the recipient belongs, educational background information of the recipient, a work industry of the recipient, and one or more interests of the recipient;
• generating an alert based on the detecting of the issue;
• and
• prior to transmitting the message to a destination associated with the recipient via the network, causing the generated alert to be displayed on the computing device of the user, the alert indicating the issue with the message.