MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE SYSTEM, AND METHOD

A memory controller (220) that controls the writing of data into or the reading of data from a non-volatile memory (230) includes a host interface unit (210) and a host information management unit (223). The host interface unit (210) receives an application ID identifying an application used when recording user data into the non-volatile memory (230) and a device ID identifying an external device (100) that uses the stated application. The host information management unit (223) records a host information table indicating a correspondence relationship between the application ID and the device ID into the non-volatile memory. The memory controller (220) can thus easily determine by what data processing device the data stored in a non-volatile storage device (200) attachable to/removable from the external device (100) has been updated.