DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD, FIRST TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, SECOND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

In order for data to be easily and securely distributed, a data distribution method includes: causing (S1) first terminal equipment (1) of an owner to acquire a data item requested by a consumer; generating (S2), in a case where the owner has permitted disclosure of data, disclosure permission information which means that the owner has permitted disclosure of the data to the consumer and which is unique in a management apparatus (3) managing the data; storing (S3) the disclosure permission information in storage (4) capable of being read by the management apparatus (3), with the disclosure permission information being associated with the data item; outputting (S4), from the first terminal equipment (1), the disclosure permission information and access information for access to the management apparatus so that second terminal equipment (2) of the consumer can acquire the disclosure permission information and the access information directly from the first terminal equipment (1); sending (S5) the disclosure permission information from the second terminal equipment (2) to the management apparatus (3); and returning (S6), from the management apparatus (3) to the second terminal equipment (2), the data concerning the data item associated with the disclosure permission information sent.