A mobile device configurable for data protection readiness, comprising: a computing system that includes a power system having an on-board energy source, and a processor operatively coupled with a data storage arrangement and a network interface, the computing system further including: a protection module configured to monitor for an occurrence of a situation for which items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on criteria indicated by a preparation module, and to execute a set of actions in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation characterized in that the mobile device further comprises the preparation module configured to perform preprocessing to prepare the mobile device for data protection readiness by its operation at a higher level of computing availability than a predetermined threshold level of computing availability, so that the preprocessing to be performed as a background process during a time when the mobile device would otherwise be idle prior to an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured, wherein the preprocessing includes: evaluating data (210, 220, 230) stored in the data storage arrangement in order to determine from among the data (210, 220, 230) certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device; indicating criteria that defines a situation for which the determined items of data of personal importance are to be secured; and indicating a set of actions to be carried out to secure the determined items of data of personal importance. a computing system that includes a power system having an on-board energy source, and a processor operatively coupled with a data storage arrangement and a network interface, the computing system further including: a protection module configured to monitor for an occurrence of a situation for which items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on criteria indicated by a preparation module, and to execute a set of actions in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation characterized in that the mobile device further comprises the preparation module configured to perform preprocessing to prepare the mobile device for data protection readiness by its operation at a higher level of computing availability than a predetermined threshold level of computing availability, so that the preprocessing to be performed as a background process during a time when the mobile device would otherwise be idle prior to an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured, wherein the preprocessing includes: evaluating data (210, 220, 230) stored in the data storage arrangement in order to determine from among the data (210, 220, 230) certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device; indicating criteria that defines a situation for which the determined items of data of personal importance are to be secured; and indicating a set of actions to be carried out to secure the determined items of data of personal importance. a protection module configured to monitor for an occurrence of a situation for which items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on criteria indicated by a preparation module, and to execute a set of actions in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation characterized in that the mobile device further comprises the preparation module configured to perform preprocessing to prepare the mobile device for data protection readiness by its operation at a higher level of computing availability than a predetermined threshold level of computing availability, so that the preprocessing to be performed as a background process during a time when the mobile device would otherwise be idle prior to an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured, wherein the preprocessing includes: evaluating data (210, 220, 230) stored in the data storage arrangement in order to determine from among the data (210, 220, 230) certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device; indicating criteria that defines a situation for which the determined items of data of personal importance are to be secured; and indicating a set of actions to be carried out to secure the determined items of data of personal importance. evaluating data (210, 220, 230) stored in the data storage arrangement in order to determine from among the data (210, 220, 230) certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device; indicating criteria that defines a situation for which the determined items of data of personal importance are to be secured; and indicating a set of actions to be carried out to secure the determined items of data of personal importance.