Access-control tool for personal stuff knows 'private' can mean 'it's complicated'.

TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; CARNEGIE-Mellon University; DATA protection; COMPUTER files; COMPUTER software

The article informs that a new system, called Penumbra, has been developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina to gain control over one's personal data. It is noted Penumbra is based on software that runs in the file system and enable consumers to apply tags to their content and set policies for controlled access of files on based on those tags.