Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the remote transmission and/or observation of sensitive data of an application computer. According to the invention, the remote transmission and/or observation of the sensitive data ensues upon request. Before the remote transmission and/or observation, constituent data parts requiring secrecy of the requested data, for example, data to identify people, are identified and eliminated. The invention moreover concerns a data protection module for the remote transmission and/or observation of sensitive data of an application computer. According to the invention, the remote transmission and/or observation of the sensitive data can be requested. Upon such a request, the sensitive data can be transmitted form the application computer to the data protection module. Constituent data parts requiring secrecy of the requested data, for example name, age and/or address, can be identified and excluded from the remote transmission and/or observation by the data protection module.