The objective of the present invention is to properly perform a process,
such as deletion, for inappropriate data that are received, in accordance
with age information for a memory card owner, In an information
communication apparatus according to the present invention, a list of
undesirable data transmission sources (electronic mail addresses) and a
list of inappropriate data (character strings) are stored in a memory
(16) in advance. Electronic mail received by a radio communication unit
(11) is temporarily stored in the electronic mail data storage area of
the memory (16), and a control unit (12) examines the received electronic
mail to determine whether an undesirable data transmission source is
included. When an electronic mail is received from an undesirable data
transmission electronic mail address, the electronic mail is deleted.
Furthermore, age information recorded on a memory card (14) is obtained,
and for operators, such as underage people, for whom the reception of
inappropriate data is not desirable, an electronic mail that is received
and that includes inappropriate data is forcibly deleted. Other operators
are permitted to selectively perform, using a simple manipulation, a
process for the display or the deletion of inappropriate data that is
received.