Document disposal certification apparatus, document disposal certification method, computer readable medium storing document disposal certification program and computer data signal

摘要

A document disposal certification apparatus is installed in a document generation apparatus for generating a document, a document disposal apparatus for disposing of the document, or a server that are used with being connected to the document generation apparatus and the document disposal apparatus. The document disposal certification apparatus includes a generation information acquisition section, a disposal information acquisition section and an information management section. The generation information acquisition section acquires information concerning document generation in the document generation apparatus, as document presence certification information. The disposal information acquisition section acquires information concerning document disposal in the document disposal apparatus, as document disposal certification information. The information management section stores and manages the document presence certification information and the document disposal certification information in association with each other for the same document. Each of the document presence certification information and the document disposal certification information contains digital certification information.