A method for responding to a query, the method comprising: receiving, at an electronic computing device, a query for providing a response at a first communication device , wherein the first communication device is a member of a first communication group of a plurality of communication devices; determining, at the electronic computing device, that the response to the query is to be provided as a group response to the plurality of communication devices including the first communication device in the first communication group ; determining, at the electronic computing device, that restricted data is to be included in at least a portion of the group response; determining, at the electronic computing device, whether one or more of the communication devices or corresponding users in the first communication group do not have permission to receive the restricted data to be included in the group response ; and in response to determining that one or more of the communication devices or corresponding users do not have permission to receive the restricted data to be included in the group response, causing, at the electronic computing device, one or more of (i) modifying the group response to generate a second response for which each of the communication devices or corresponding users in the first communication group has permission to receive the second response and providing the second response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group , and (ii) altering an output action and providing the group response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group in accordance with the altered output action . receiving, at an electronic computing device, a query for providing a response at a first communication device , wherein the first communication device is a member of a first communication group of a plurality of communication devices; determining, at the electronic computing device, that the response to the query is to be provided as a group response to the plurality of communication devices including the first communication device in the first communication group ; determining, at the electronic computing device, that restricted data is to be included in at least a portion of the group response; determining, at the electronic computing device, whether one or more of the communication devices or corresponding users in the first communication group do not have permission to receive the restricted data to be included in the group response ; and in response to determining that one or more of the communication devices or corresponding users do not have permission to receive the restricted data to be included in the group response, causing, at the electronic computing device, one or more of (i) modifying the group response to generate a second response for which each of the communication devices or corresponding users in the first communication group has permission to receive the second response and providing the second response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group , and (ii) altering an output action and providing the group response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group in accordance with the altered output action . (i) modifying the group response to generate a second response for which each of the communication devices or corresponding users in the first communication group has permission to receive the second response and providing the second response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group , and (ii) altering an output action and providing the group response to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group in accordance with the altered output action . <EOS>