A method for controlled content delivery, the method comprising: assessing content received by a content recipient from a content provider, the content including metadata; analyzing, by a processor, a content forwarding rule associated with the content, based on the metadata related to the content, to determine whether to forward the content to a device associated with the content recipient; in response to a determination that the content is to be forwarded to the device, forwarding the content to the device for performing an action, related to the content; receiving a confirmation notification associated with the device; determining whether the action has been performed based on the confirmation notification; characterized in that in response to a determination that the action was not performed, analyzing a content recipient rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content recipient notification to the content recipient; and in response to a determination to forward the content recipient notification to the content recipient, forwarding the content recipient notification to the content recipient by using a communication technique specified by the content recipient rule; and in response to a determination that the action was performed, analyzing a content provider rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content provider notification to the content provider; and in response to a determination to forward the content provider notification to the content provider, forwarding the content provider notification to the content provider by using a communication technique specified by the content provider rule. assessing content received by a content recipient from a content provider, the content including metadata; analyzing, by a processor, a content forwarding rule associated with the content, based on the metadata related to the content, to determine whether to forward the content to a device associated with the content recipient; in response to a determination that the content is to be forwarded to the device, forwarding the content to the device for performing an action, related to the content; receiving a confirmation notification associated with the device; determining whether the action has been performed based on the confirmation notification; characterized in that in response to a determination that the action was not performed, analyzing a content recipient rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content recipient notification to the content recipient; and in response to a determination to forward the content recipient notification to the content recipient, forwarding the content recipient notification to the content recipient by using a communication technique specified by the content recipient rule; and in response to a determination that the action was performed, analyzing a content provider rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content provider notification to the content provider; and in response to a determination to forward the content provider notification to the content provider, forwarding the content provider notification to the content provider by using a communication technique specified by the content provider rule. in response to a determination that the action was not performed, analyzing a content recipient rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content recipient notification to the content recipient; and in response to a determination to forward the content recipient notification to the content recipient, forwarding the content recipient notification to the content recipient by using a communication technique specified by the content recipient rule; and in response to a determination that the action was performed, analyzing a content provider rule associated with the content based on the metadata to determine whether to forward a content provider notification to the content provider; and in response to a determination to forward the content provider notification to the content provider, forwarding the content provider notification to the content provider by using a communication technique specified by the content provider rule.