Patent ID: 9426163
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for protecting sensitive data in a shared collaborative space, the method comprising: associating any one or more of a plurality of sensitivity levels with any one or more of a plurality of users of a shared collaborative space on a computer network; associating any one or more of the plurality of sensitivity levels with any one or more of a plurality of data elements of the shared collaborative space on the computer network; providing access to a first data set in the plurality of data elements, by a first user among the plurality of users, wherein sensitivity levels associated with data elements of the first data set correspond to an equal or lesser sensitivity level as the sensitivity level associated with the first user; detecting a trigger event corresponding to a second user; generating a modified form of the first data set comprising data elements having a sensitivity level corresponding to a lowest common sensitivity level of the first user and the second user, and excluding data elements having a sensitivity level higher than the sensitivity level of the second user; and providing access to the modified form of the first data set by the second user.