23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the exception information comprises one or more of (a) a site-specific exception to the current privacy setting to which an end user of the user agent has consented, (b) a time-specific exception to the current privacy setting, (c) a purpose-specific exception to the current privacy setting, (d) a context-specific exception to the current privacy setting and (e) a geography-based exception to the current privacy setting.
21. The method of claim 20 , wherein said causing a HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) request to be generated includes retrieving information regarding the current privacy setting and the exception information from a database maintained on the Internet-enabled device.