Abstract: An approach is provided for a data application interface with improved security. The approach further involves processing a request for access to user data items to determine one or more associated domains and/or one or more access rules associated with the user data items. In one embodiment, the access rules specify criteria for determining one or more authorized domains and/or one or more users that have access rights to the user data items. The approach also involves determining whether to grant the access to the user data items based, at least in part, on a comparison of the determined domains against the criteria and/or access rules.

Abstract: An approach is provided for applying changes to a user interface. The window manager receives an input for specifying at least one change to one or more components of a first user interface. Next, the window manager determines respective execution states of one or more applications associated with the user interface. Then, the window manager determines to apply the at least one change to generate a second user interface while preserving the respective execution states.