Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to adjusting a privacy setting associated with an online computer software application. The systems and methods may provide a privacy settings layer containing privacy settings of the computer software application that is overlaid on the operating layer of the computer software application. Adjustments made to the privacy settings layer may be propagated to the online computer software application, whereupon the operating layer may be regenerated or adjusted to reflect the changes made to the privacy settings layer.

Abstract: A software module is presented that enables a person to determine the relevance of a document while preventing the person from making a copy of the entire document. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by programmatically controlling which portions of a document will be presented to a user and which portions will not be presented to the user. In one embodiment, the software module is used in conjunction with a search engine to present a document search result.