Patent ID: 8635087

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of using a computing device associated with an individual and operating as a personal information aggregator to manage the individual's personal information, the method comprising: receiving, by the personal information aggregator, an authorization request from a requestor requesting access to at least an authorized portion of the individual's personal information in exchange for one or more incentives to participate in one or more future transactions; establishing, by the personal information aggregator, a data destruction agreement with the requestor requiring the requestor to destroy, upon notification by the individual of the occurrence of a condition, any received copy of the authorized portion of the individual's personal information; authorizing, by the personal information aggregator, access to at least the authorized portion of the individual's personal information based on the data destruction agreement; transmitting, by the personal information aggregator, a copy of at least the authorized portion of the individual's personal information to the requestor; and receiving, by the personal information aggregator, a first incentive, of the one or more incentives, to participate in the one or more future transactions generated based on the copy of at least the authorized portion of the individual's personal information.