Removable, active, personal storage device, system and method

A method for determining whether to provide access to a flash memory, the method comprising:

• receiving a request to access a flash memory at an access control module, independent of a host device, the access control module configured to communicate with the host device over a Bluetooth connection;
• and
• managing access to the flash memory with a processor of the access control device, independent of the host device, based on a comparison of the request to at least one permission for determining access to the flash memory, the comparison being independent of, and requiring no management by, an operating system of the host device;
• wherein managing access to the flash memory comprises:
• providing, with a processor of the access control module, access to the flash memory in response to determining that the at least one permission includes a particular access type that matches the access requested in the request;
• and
• denying, with a processor of the access control module, access to the flash memory in response to determining that the at least one permission does not include a particular access type that matches the access requested in the request.