Imaging apparatus

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a storage configured to record registration information for personal authentication, the registration information including face information;
• a setting unit configured to select a security mode from a plurality of security modes, each of the plurality of security modes having a unique security-protection target;
• an imaging unit configured to generate first image data from optical information;
• a detector configured to detect a face of a subject within the first image data and detect the security-protection target according to a result from a comparison between the face detected and the face information included in the registration information;
• an image processor configured to execute a security-protection process on the security-protection target detected by the detector to generate second image data;
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• a controller configured to cause the detector to detect the security-protection target in accordance with the security mode selected, and cause the image processor to execute the security-protection process in accordance with the security mode selected,
• wherein the plurality of security modes include a first security mode and a second security mode, the first security mode being a mode in which another face information not included in the registration information is set as the security-protection target, the second security mode being a mode in which the face information included in the registration information is set as the security-protection target.