PRIVACY PROTECTION IN NETWORK INPUT METHODS

Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for preventing certain sensitive private or personal information of a user from being recorded or stored and/or uploaded by a third party input method editor while the user is entering information into a computer that is part of a network. The method includes a processor creating a model containing privacy information about a user of a computer; extracting the privacy information from the model; analyzing the information entered into the computer by the user; determining that the user has entered any of the privacy information into the computer; and if the processor has determined that the user has entered any of the privacy information into the computer, preventing any recording, storing or uploading of the privacy information.