Patent ID: 8230060

Claim:
A web browser security method comprising: detecting when a computer attempts to connect to a computer network; and electronically securing any data predefined as being private data by moving the private data from any private data areas that are accessible to a web browser on said computer to a secure data repository that is not electronically accessible to said web browser, such that the private data is not electronically accessible by the web browser before the computer connects with the computer network, wherein the private data areas remain in electronic communication with the web browser and the computer after the computer connects to the computer network and after the private data is electronically moved, and wherein the secure data repository remains in electronic communication with the computer after the computer connects to the computer network and after the private data is electronically moved; detecting that the computer is no longer connected with the computer network; and electronically unsecuring any of the private data by moving the private data back from the secure data repository to the private data area.