A data transmitting apparatus include a measurement control unit to measure an amount relating to biological information; an encryption key generation control unit to generate, as an encryption key, information calculated from first shared information and second shared information that is shared with a receiving apparatus; an encryption control unit to encrypt the biological information with the encryption key and generate encryption data; a packet generation control unit to generate a one-way transmission packet that includes the first shared information and the encryption data; and a transmitter to transmit the packet.