Patent ID: 8832854

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating a notification of privacy settings difference, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more processors, a request for access to information on a social network, wherein the information includes privacy settings information of a user; receiving, using one or more processors, a first set of user privacy settings of the user from a first social network and a second set of privacy settings of the user from at least one other social network, wherein the first set of privacy settings of the user include user-defined accessibility to one or more features associated with the user of the first social network, and wherein the second set of privacy settings of the user include user-defined accessibility to one or more features associated with the user of the second social network; comparing, using one or more processors, the first set of privacy settings to the second set of privacy settings; detecting, using one or more processors, a difference between the first set of privacy settings and the second set of privacy settings; responsive to detecting the difference between the first set of privacy settings and the second set of privacy settings, generating, using one or more processors, a notification, wherein the notification includes an indication that the difference has been detected; and sending, using one or more processors, the notification for display to the user.