Method and apparatus for authorizing the transfer of information

A method of authorizing the transfer of various types of information within a group of parties, said parties including a First Party, a Second Party, and a Third Party, said First Party holding First Party Information, and said Third Party is a person having an interest in Third Party Information that relates to information personal to said Third Party that is held by said Second Party, said method including the following steps:

• transmitting a Request from said First Party to said Second Party, said Request being to allow said First Party to access said Third Party Information held by said Second Party;
• forwarding said First Party's Request from said Second Party to said Third Party, said Request accompanied by an Authorization Code authorized by said Second Party;
• authorizing of said First Party's Request by said Third Party by the transfer of said Authorization Code from said Third Party to said First Party, said transfer done via hand delivery to a physical address associated with said Third Party;
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• presenting said Authorization Code from said First Party to said Second Party, such that said First Party is authorized to obtain said Third Party Information from said Second Party.

A method of authorizing the transfer of various types of information within a group of parties, said parties including a First Party, a Second Party, and a Third Party, said First Party holding First Party Information, and said Third Party having an interest in Third Party Information held by said Second Party, said method including the following steps:

• identifying, by said Second Party, the physical address associated with said Third Party;
• transmitting a Request from said First Party to said Second Party, said Request being to allow said First Party to access said Third Party Information held by said Second Party;
• authorizing said First Party's Request by said Third Party by the transfer of said Authorization Code from said Third Party to said First Party;
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• presenting said Authorization Code from said First Party to said Second Party, such that said First Party is authorized to obtain said Third Party Information from said Second Party.

A method of authorizing the transfer of various types of information within a group of parties, said parties including a First Party, a Second Party, and a Third Party, said First party holding First Party Information, and said Third Party having an interest in Third Party Information held by said Second Party, said method including the following steps:

• transmitting a Request from said First Party to said Second Party, said Request being to allow said First Party to access said Third Party Information held by said Second Party, said Request from said First Party accompanied by said First Party Information;
• forwarding said First Party's Request from said Second Party to said Third Party, said Request accompanied by an Authorization Code authorized by said Second Party as well as said First Party Information, said forwarding being done via hand delivery to a physical address associated with said Third Party;
• authorizing said First Party's Request by said Third Party by the transfer of said Authorization Code from said Third Party to said First Party;
• and
• presenting said Authorization Code from said First Party to said Second Party, such that said First Party is authorized to obtain said Third Party Information from said Second Party.

A method of authorizing the transfer of various types of information within a group of parties, said parties including a First Party, a Second Party, and a Third Party, said First Party holding First Party Information, and said Third Party having an interest in Third Party Information held by said Second Party, said method including the following steps:

• identifying, by said Second Party, a physical address associated with said Third Party;
• transmitting a Request from said First Party to said Second Party, said Request being to allow said First Party to access said Third Party Information held by said Second Party, said Request from said First Party accompanied by said First Party Information;
• forwarding said First Party's Request from said Second Party to said Third Party, said Request accompanied by an Authorization Code authorized by said Second Party as well as said First Party Information, said forwarding being done via hand delivery to said physical address associated with said Third Party;
• authorizing said First Party's Request by said Third Party by the transfer of said Authorization Code from said Third Party to said First Party;
• and
• presenting said Authorization Code from said First Party to said Second Party, such that said First Party is authorized to obtain said Third Party Information from said Second Party.