An information terminal having a display with a function as a touch panel and an imaging device, comprising: detection means for detecting user's gaze, based on a face image of a user taken by the imaging device; determination means for determining whether the user is in a display gazing state in which the gaze detected by the detection means is directed toward the display; and control means for performing such control that when it is determined by the determination means that the user is in the display gazing state, an input operation on the touch panel is made acceptable, wherein the control means performs such control that, when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state and when the time since the release from the display gazing state exceeds a first predetermined time, the input operation on the touch panel is made unacceptable; characterized in that when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state, when a time since the release from the display gazing state is within a first predetermined time, and when the input operation on the touch panel is detected in a second predetermined time since the release from the display gazing state, only a predetermined input operation, which is a slide operation, out of a plurality of types of input operations on the touch panel, is made acceptable, when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state, when the time since the release from the display gazing state is within the first predetermined time, and when no input operation on the touch panel is detected in the second predetermined time since the release from the display gazing state, the input operation on the touch panel is made unacceptable. detection means for detecting user's gaze, based on a face image of a user taken by the imaging device; determination means for determining whether the user is in a display gazing state in which the gaze detected by the detection means is directed toward the display; and control means for performing such control that when it is determined by the determination means that the user is in the display gazing state, an input operation on the touch panel is made acceptable, wherein the control means performs such control that, when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state and when the time since the release from the display gazing state exceeds a first predetermined time, the input operation on the touch panel is made unacceptable; characterized in that when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state, when a time since the release from the display gazing state is within a first predetermined time, and when the input operation on the touch panel is detected in a second predetermined time since the release from the display gazing state, only a predetermined input operation, which is a slide operation, out of a plurality of types of input operations on the touch panel, is made acceptable, when it is determined by the determination means that the user is not in the display gazing state, when the time since the release from the display gazing state is within the first predetermined time, and when no input operation on the touch panel is detected in the second predetermined time since the release from the display gazing state, the input operation on the touch panel is made unacceptable.