

It makes it quicker to find files and manage data – and to be GDPR/CCPA compliant At Crown Records Management, for instance, we have a 99.8 per cent success rate.ġ.


In fact, intelligent software, like OCR, can copy text or handwritten data and make it searchable and editable.Īdditionally, scanning can be used for invoicing, image processing, collaboration and tagging – and it’s very reliable. Modern scanning is very advanced technology and provides much more than just a scan of physical data. The obvious answer for many businesses is to scan paper records in order produce a digital version. That could be a wake-up call to some – because it means that businesses now need to know what personal data they have hidden away in the warehouse and consider how it could be found, edited or deleted on demand. What many businesses don’t realise is that GDPR doesn’t only apply to digital data, it also applies to any personal data stored on paper. We estimate there are up to 200m boxes of physical records stored in the UK alone – and the question of what to do with them should be at the top of the business agenda.
