Patent ID: 7797546
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of securely storing and accessing personal data relating to an individual, said personal data constituting a personal data record, the method comprising: coupling a portable data storage device to a computing device for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record and decryption logic for decrypting the encrypted personal data record upon provision of a key not stored on the portable data storage device; accessing the encrypted personal data record on the storage device and running the decryption logic on the computing device to decrypt the encrypted personal data record upon input of the key to the computing device; and displaying the decrypted personal data by means of the computing device, wherein the encrypted personal data includes at least one address of a remote data storage facility accessible via the computing device, which, when decrypted by the decryption logic, enables the computing device to address encrypted additional personal data held at the addressed remote data storage facility.