Patent ID: 9152819
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting access to private information stored in memory of an electronic device, wherein the detecting is performed by a privacy management module downloadable to the electronic device as object code for execution on the electronic device, and wherein the access is performed by a client application program; tracking, using the privacy management module, types of private information being accessed in the memory by the client application program; and reconfiguring the electronic device, using the privacy management module, to change the access to the private information by the client application program according to at least one privacy access policy stored in the electronic device and the types of private information being accessed in the memory; presenting, via a user interface, information associated with the access to the private information; receiving privacy policy preferences into a privacy management module via a user interface of an electronic device; determining whether the received preferences conflict with power constraints of the electronic device; presenting, via the user interface, a recommendation to privacy access policy according to the determination; and reconfiguring to at least one privacy access policy stored in the electronic device according to the received privacy policy preferences.