Patent ID: 8904554

Claim:
A computer implemented method for selective redaction of information in an electronic document by owner of said information, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a command by at least one computer from a redactor identifying at least one portion of an electronic document to be subject to access control; presenting, by said at least one computer, a set of selectable access control directives defining conditions for access to said at least one portion of said electronic document, said selectable access control directives selected and controlled by holder of privacy rights of said document, wherein said selectable access control directives are members of the group consisting of redact at least one portion of said electronic document, allow full access to said at least one portion of said electronic document, provide no-print access of said at least one portion of said electronic document, and query requester for additional information; receiving, from said redactor by said at least one computer, selected directives of said set of selectable access control directives; receiving, from said redactor by said at least one computer, changed selected directives of said set of selectable access control directives; changing said access control by said at least one computer in response to receiving said changed selected directives from said redactor; and imposing access control of said at least one portion of said electronic document by said at least one computer in accordance with said conditions in response to receiving said selective access control directives, wherein said conditions are members of the group consisting of access requester identity, access requester class and access request time.