Patent ID: 8612748
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized data protection method of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a digital certificate downloaded from a certification authority, the method comprising: configuring one or more safe e-mail addresses in the digital certificate, the one or more safe e-mail addresses being authorized to receive predetermined data stored in the electronic device; correlating the predetermined data stored in the electronic device with the one or more safe e-mail addresses in the digital certificate; in response to the predetermined data being sent to a target e-mail address, verifying whether the target e-mail address matches one of the safe e-mail addresses; and sending the predetermined data to the target e-mail address when the target e-mail address matches one of the safe e-mail addresses, and preventing the sending of the predetermined data to the target e-mail address when the target address does not match any of the one or more safe addresses.