Consumers may utilize computing devices to assist in the purchase and/or
loyalty process, and in particular, the consumer may utilize a PDA to
facilitate the purchase and/or loyalty process. During the purchase
and/or loyalty process, the consumer may need to insure that any content
downloaded or used in association with the PDA is secure in how it is
collected, assembled, and delivered to the PDA device. This system and
method secures the data from its source to when it is actually viewed or
used by the authorized user. The PDA may have direct access to an
Internet web site portal that offers secure personal content from a
content provider, such as, for example, an on-line banking or financial
institution. Using the web site portal, the content provider may offer
personal or confidential data, such as financial information, to PDA
users in a secure (e.g., encrypted) environment. The exemplary system and
method may establish a PDA portal link to the web site for collecting
specified information for a user and transmitting the information to the
remote device. To receive the information, the PDA contacts the portal
and establishes a connection, authenticates itself to the network, and
allows the user to complete secured transactions or transmissions over
the network.