Patent ID: 8522358

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a computer device, personal information associated with a user; removing, by the computer device, from the personal information a plurality of items of the personal information, wherein the plurality of items of the personal information comprises less than all items of the personal information; replacing, within the personal information, the plurality of items of the personal information with a plurality of items of information that are unrelated to the user to create replacement personal information associated with the user, wherein the plurality of items of information that are unrelated to the user comprise a plurality of items of personal information associated with a different user and wherein replacing the plurality of items of the personal information comprises swapping the plurality of items of the personal information associated with the user with the plurality of items of personal information associated with the different user, or wherein the plurality of items of information that are unrelated to the user comprise a randomly determined plurality of items of information that are unrelated to the user and wherein replacing the plurality of items of the personal information comprises replacing the plurality of items of the personal information with the randomly determined plurality of items of the information; verifying, by the computer device, one or more facts from the personal data; forming, by the computer device, an avatar based on the replacement personal information associated with the user; receiving information from a data requester; providing, to the data requester in response to receiving the information, an authentication code; receiving, by the computer device and from the data requester, a query including a request for the avatar; and determining whether the query further includes the authentication code; sending, by the computer device and to the data requester, a message that includes: information associated with the avatar, and an indication that the one or more facts from the personal information are verified, wherein sending the message is in response to determining that the query includes the authentication code.