Mobile Privacy Information Proxy

摘要

An approach is provided for managing data being transmitted from a mobile device. The mobile device receives a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data. The mobile device determines whether the data includes sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so, the mobile device determines a country in which the mobile device is currently located, determines a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and determines whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so, the mobile device notifies the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifies to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and queries the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.

主权项

1. A method of managing data being transmitted from a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
the mobile device receiving a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data; the mobile device determining whether the data includes sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so,
the mobile device determining a country in which the mobile device is currently located, the mobile device determining a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and the mobile device determining whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so,the mobile device notifying the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifying to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and querying the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.