To provide an information providing device capable of providing private information or the like, together with other services.

The image data of an original image acquired by an image reader 15 is stored in an HDD 27, and images based on the image data of the original image stored in the HDD 27 are selectively shown on the display part 4 on the basis of an operation of an operating part 5. Since the image data of the original image acquired by the reader 15 can accordingly be offered appropriately as information, it is possible to offer private information or the like, together with other services because the private information or the like can be transmitted to a majority of unspecified persons in a bulletin board manner by using, e.g. an original on which the private information or the like is written down.