A system for granting permission of a user's personal information to a third
party
includes a terminal unit for entering a personal information of a user and a permission
information indicating at least one permissible use of the personal information
of the user by a third party, for storing the personal information and the permission
information entered, for receiving from the third party an item in accordance with
the permission information stored therein from the third party, and an information
management unit electrically connected to the terminal unit for managing the personal
information and the permission information stored in the terminal unit, for evaluating
the personal information stored therein in accordance with the permission information
stored therein if an access to the personal information is requested from the third
party, and for providing to the third party the requested personal information
if the access to the requested personal information is permissible in accordance
with a result of the evaluation.