Managing Opt-In and Opt-Out for Private Data Access

摘要

Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are for managing opt-in and opt-out for private data access. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device can receive a request to obtain private data associated with a user of the mobile device and, in response to the request, determine whether an application program associated with the request is permitted to access the private data based upon a rule. The mobile device, in response to determining that the application program is permitted to access the private data based upon the rule, can instruct the application program to proceed to obtain the private data. The mobile device, in response to determining that the application program is not permitted to access the private data based upon the rule, can instruct the application program to avoid obtaining the private data.

主权项

1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising:
generating a rule generation interface through which a user can generate a rule, wherein the rule generation interface comprises
an If Attribute selection menu comprising a plurality of if attributes selectable by the user to identify a condition under which the rule is to be applied,an Is Value selection menu comprising a plurality of is values selectable by the user to identify the condition under which the rule is to be applied, anda Then Action selection menu comprising a plurality of then actions selectable by the user to identify the rule as being either an opt-in rule or an opt-out rule; and presenting the rule generation interface on a display.