摘要 |
<p>Leakage of personal information in an apparatus is prevented to protect security thereof. The apparatus (10) includes an input operation section (20) by which an operator can carries out a predetermined input operation, and a control section (30) for performing prescribed control on the input operation section (20). The input operation section (20) serves to perform data transmission to an external device (50) which is provided outside the apparatus (10). The input operation section (20) is characterized in that it is provided with a cipher module (24) for encrypting prescribed data which is input through the input operation section (20), and a transmission section (26) for transmitting data encrypted by the cipher module (24) to the external device (50). <IMAGE></p> |