Method and system for disclosing personal data while protecting personal privacy

摘要

A method for individuals to disclose personal data and enter into a mass-customized relationship with a web site, while protecting their personal privacy by affixing digital signatures and approvals-for-use to individual data items. The items are then sent to an intermediary site, referred to as a "digital data agency" that holds the personal data secure, but transmits the personal data to digital data collectors/responders (DDCRs) in accordance with permission provided by the user. Responses from the DDCRs are then sent to the DDA which encrypts the responses and forwards them to the user. The user may then decrypt the responses and review them.