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DYNAMIC ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVACY SETTINGS BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM ON INFORMATION SHARED WITH AN EXTERNAL SYSTEM

  • US 20150113590A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2014
  • Published: 04/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:

  • interacting, by an external system, with a subject user of a social networking system, the social networking system maintaining a user account for each of a plurality of users;

    sending a request by the external system to the social networking system for social network information associated with the subject user, the external system configured to provide an online service to the subject user;

    establishing, by the external system, a predetermined time period with the social networking system for the external system to delete at least a portion of the information associated with the subject user of the social networking system and shared by the social networking system with the external system;

    receiving, by the external system, a response from the social networking system, the response comprising information responsive to the request for information and one or more privacy settings governing the use of the information;

    using, by the external system, the information from the received response in accordance with the one or more privacy settings; and

    deleting, by the external system, after the predetermined time period, at least a portion of the information associated with the subject user received from the social networking system.

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