Abstract: Provided are: a user information management apparatus and method capable of efficiently preventing user information from being utilized by another person in family or being distributed to the outside, thereby protecting security; a recording medium having recorded therein a control program for managing user information; and, in order to provide a user information management program, transmission disabling means 44-1 and 44-2 for, after elapse of a predetermined period of time and/or after execution of a predetermined operation after predetermined user information is enabled to be transmitted by transmission control means, or alternatively, according to a predetermined instruction from the user, disabling transmission of user information thus enabled to be transmitted. In addition, personal information or the like desired to be managed with the rank or level can be classified by a predetermined level or the like to be managed, thereby making it possible to provide more detailed information management.

Abstract: Provided are: a user information management apparatus and method capable of efficiently preventing user information from being utilized by another person in family or being distributed to the outside, thereby protecting security; a recording medium having recorded therein a control program for managing user information; and, in order to provide a user information management program, transmission disabling means 44-1 and 44-2 for, after elapse of a predetermined period of time and/or after execution of a predetermined operation after predetermined user information is enabled to be transmitted by transmission control means, or alternatively, according to a predetermined instruction from the user, disabling transmission of user information thus enabled to be transmitted. In addition, personal information or the like desired to be managed with the rank or level can be classified by a predetermined level or the like to be managed, thereby making it possible to provide more detailed information management.

Abstract: A document processing apparatus comprises: a storing portion for storing document data; an instruction generation portion for generating a first set of instructions and second sets of instructions with regard to the document data in response to a first user, each of the second sets of instructions assigned to each of second users; and an automatic processing control portion for sequentially changing a parson who can access to the document data from one of second users to another of the second users and for controlling of execution of the second sets of instructions for the parson. The first set of instructions and second sets of instructions are transmitted together with the document data through a mail box system. A user having or treating the document data is supervised by providing a management table. When the document is transmitted to another user, the name of the user is stored in the management table.