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With the advancement in technology the lives of human beings have become quite easy. Earlier saving and protecting important documents was considered a task but now because of technological development securing important documents has become very easy. Electronic documents give you the advantage to decide who can and who cannot access it since its password protected. In the absence of your permission no one can obtain access to your document.

Previously in business cultures people found it very easy to reach important documents which were not even necessarily meant for them. The motive behind obtaining access to such documents was mostly vicious or for one’s own advantage. But nowadays no such act can be committed, thanks to technology. Even if someone tries to break through your electronic document, they won’t be successful. This reduces the chances of information or document leak and confidential nature of necessary data remains intact, secrecy of business is maintained.

Also, paper documents were very vulnerable in nature as they could easily get destroyed either deliberately or by uncertain factors such as accidental fires, unprecedented weather conditions such as floods, earthquake, cyclones, etc. On the other hand electronic documents are at a lower risk of getting destroyed by any of these factors. Even if your system where you initially stored your data gets destroyed the data can be recovered, well thanks to data recovery services.

Relying on electronic documents over paper documents is more worthy as they are expected to stay safe and protected for a long period of time. Let’s discuss some more reasons as to why electronic documents are considered safe in comparison to paper documents:

Authorized access:

  • Since electronic documents are password protected, no one can obtain access to them without your permission. It is you who has the complete authority to share the password with the people you want to.
  • On the other hand, paper documents cannot be protected in such a way. People can easily find a way to reach such documents if their own benefit is concerned no matter how hard you try to protect them.

 

Tamper with the documents:

  • When it comes to electronic documents, no one can dare to tamper with them as you would easily get to know if the same has been exposed to any unauthorized alterations.
  • Whereas, for paper documents you won’t be able to make out any such alterations made. Hence, it is definitely worth investing in electronic documents in comparison to paper ones.
  • For businesses it is extremely crucial that their data stay in the exact position it was recorded because any sort of tampering could lead to huge losses. In order to stay clear of such uneventful happenings, it is best to choose the electronic mode of recording and saving information.

 

Loss or theft:

  • Paper documents are prone to loss or theft. But as far as electronic documents are considered, they are totally safe and the chances of loss or theft are very low.
  • Paper documents if destroyed once there’s no way to recover them back but with electronic documents, a backup is always maintained which ultimately serves as double protection.

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