Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for responsibility-based data management. In one embodiment, the method may include the steps of: (i) receiving, from a network participant, a request to access an information set; (ii) setting a permission indicator in response to a determination that the network participant is associated with a group dissemination attribute that authorizes the network participant to access the information set; (iii) modifying the permission indicator in response to a determination that an exception rule modifies the group dissemination attribute; (iv) setting the permission indicator in response to a determination that the network participant is associated with a system position attribute that authorizes the network participant to access the information set; and (v) providing access to the information set in response to a determination that the permission indicator authorizes the network participant to access the information set.