US Patent 10191699 Image processing device which can improve security at meetings

An MFP is an image processing device which can communicate with external devices such as other MFPs, biological information terminals, a meeting management server, portable terminal devices, and terminals, via network. The MFP prohibits transmitting data stored in the MFP to an external device connected to the network, not associated with at least attendees of the meeting, by an operation of the meeting attendees, when it is determined that the behavior state of the MFP satisfies a predetermined condition which relates to the meeting.