system and computer - implemented method of permitting or arbitrating encrypted electronic transactions to occur among an intermediary and an author in an electronic data system only when an interaction occurs between the author and a candidate who was exposed by the intermediary to data published by the author . the author publishes criteria about a candidate , and the candidate posts information about the candidate , which is ingested and married to personally identifiable information about the candidate . a score is calculated indicating a correlation between the candidate and the published criteria , and an intermediary exposes the candidate to the criteria , which is tracked . when the candidate completes an interaction with the author , an encrypted transaction is permitted to occur between the author and the candidate through a proxy , without the author knowing the identity of the intermediary who facilitated the introduction .