Abstract: A data protector according to present invention embodiments protects data by assigning user-provided codes to individual data characters. Additional vowels and spaces are included in code sets and similarly associated with codes to reduce the risk of unauthorized access. Specifically, a file is selected for protection, where each data character in the selected file is verified against predetermined valid characters and subsequently assigned a user-provided code from the code sets. When the conversion is complete, the resulting output file with the codes or protected data is created and may be sent to recipient(s) in various manners (e.g., electronic mail, Snail Mail, diskette, CD, DVD, etc.). The present invention embodiments may be configured to enable the resulting output file with the protected data to be interpreted by a group or a specific individual.