Patent ID: 8850149

Claim:
An apparatus capable of connecting a first storage unit and a second storage unit, the apparatus comprising: an identification unit configured to identify a storage unit being connected to the apparatus; a control unit configured to, if the identified storage unit is the first storage unit, store data of a job into the first storage unit and overwrite the stored data when the job is executed, and configured to, if the identified storage unit is the second storage unit, encrypt data of the job and store the encrypted data into the second storage unit when the job is executed; and a setting unit configured to set a safety level used for the job, wherein, in a case that the set level is a high level, if the identified storage unit is the first storage unit, the control unit stores data of the job into the first storage unit and overwrites the stored data when the job is executed, and, if the identified storage unit is the second storage unit, the control unit encrypts data of the job and stores the encrypted data into the second storage unit when the job is executed.