The information terminal device of the invention has a first function of
displaying non-confidential data in a selectable manner on its display
screen and, in response to the user's selection of the non-confidential
data, showing the details of the non-confidential data. The information
terminal device also has a second function of displaying confidential
data in a selectable manner and, in response to the user's selection of
the confidential data, showing the details of the confidential data. The
first function is given as one normally selectable menu option and is
activated by the user's selection of the corresponding menu. The second
function is, however, not given as a normally selectable menu option and
is triggered only by the user's series of operations of an operation unit
in a preset sequence. No operation-related display appears on the display
screen of the information terminal device during the user's series of
operations of the operation unit. The information terminal device of this
configuration does not hint even the presence of confidential data to any
third person and thus effectively prevents the third person from
analyzing or decoding the data stored in the information terminal device
and having illegal access to the confidential data. This arrangement of
the invention desirably enables the safe handling of confidential data
without the potential for leakage of the confidential data from the
information terminal device.