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A '''personal data manager''' ('''PDM''') is a portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Lyngbaek|first1=Peter|last2=McLeod|first2=Dennis|title=A Personal Data Manager|journal=Citeseer|citeseerx=10.1.1.98.6456 }}</ref> It can also be an application located on a portable [[smart device]] or PC, enabling novice end-users to directly define, classify, and manipulate a universe of information objects.<ref name=":0" /> Usually PDMs include [[password management]] software, [[Web browser|web-browser]] favorites and [[cryptographic software]].

Advanced PDM can also store settings for [[VPN]] and [[Terminal Services]], address bookbooks, and other necessary features. PDM can also store and launch several portable software applications.

== Examples ==

Companies such as Salmon Technologies and their [http://www.salmontechnologies.com SalmonPDM] application have been innovative in creating personalisedpersonalized directory structures to aid/prompt individuals where to store key typical pieces of information, such as legal documents, education/schooling information, medical information, property/vehicle bills, service contracts,..etc and more. The process of creating directory structures that map to individual/family unit types, such as Child, Adult, Couple, Family with Children/Dependents is referred to as Personal Directory ModellingModeling.

The [https://www.databoxproject.uk/about/ Databox Project] is academia-based research into developing "an open-source personal networked device, augmented by cloud-hosted services, that collates, curates, and mediates access to an individual’s personal data by verified and audited third party applications and services."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Databox Project|url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research/systems-algorithms-design-lab/research/databox-project/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Imperial College London|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[FreedomBox]] example project

* [[Personal information manager]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Computer storage devices]]