Privacy and security of personal information stored in communicatively connected and synchronized devices in a short-range wireless network

摘要

A system includes a first device that is communicatively coupled to and synchronized with a second device such that the second device stores privacy information of a user that is contained in a data file of the first device. Upon receiving a request to remove the privacy information of the user from the second device, the first device creates and stores a backup copy of the data file. Then, the first device deletes the data file from the first device. Further, a replacement file for the data file is created. The replacement file comprises non-sensitive information. The replacement file is uploaded to the second device to overwrite the privacy information with the non-sensitive information. Then, a radio frequency communication between the first device and the second device is disabled and the data file is restored using the backup copy.