Monitoring the retransmission of private information to a different network address

摘要

Data to be monitored comprises private information, at least one first network transmission address and identification information according to which the data is stored; the identification information and the first network transmission address are stored 201 in a mark information table. The data is accessed 202 according to its identification information and transmission of the private information is arranged 203 to a second network transmission address. A comparison 205 is made between the second address and the first address held in the mark information table and, when the second network transmission address is different from the first, a signal is output 207 that may result in the display of an alarm message 208 and the possible cessation of transmission 209 of the private information. The private information may comprise cookie, account/password or browser auto-complete information. The identification information may comprise a storage path and data name. The network transmission addresses may comprise IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.