| 摘要 |
A method of displaying, editing, and enforcing privacy settings for individual pieces of information published on a website. Privacy selections are displayed next to the information they protect. A user interface is presented in response to user-interaction with the displayed privacy selections that allows further privacy selections. The privacy selections indicate which other users may view the associated information. These options may be in the form of tiers of users with granted access or privacy groups. The publishing user may customize the privacy options by creating new tiers or groups for inclusion in the selection interface. Privacy icons may be associated with the privacy options, and may be displayed to the publishing user next to protected information, allowing easy identification of currently selected privacy settings. The publishing user may also upload additional privacy icons. Other users who access the published information are shown only those pieces of information that they have the right to view, based on the selected privacy settings.
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