SELECTIVE PRIVACY MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS

摘要

Systems and methods for privacy management of user content in virtual social networks are provided. A user of the virtual social network can designate user preferences to be associated with the content provided by the user. The user preference authorizes one or more individuals to access some or all of the user's content in the virtual social network. In various embodiments of the present invention, the user may authorize specific groups of individuals by designating a set permission associated with each group.