Companies should be fined for keeping electronic records of personal data instead of paper. Enough is enough, keeping sensitive data on computers is a failed experiment and the sooner we collectively admit that, the better.
In this experiment, what were the measured outcomes? They obviously don’t include lookup or storage costs; transparency; auditability or scalability.
But digital does not equate to transparency. A culture of transparency equates to transparency.
Also, paper is very auditable. The term "paper trail" is not an accident and in many circumstances can be more secure and reliable than digital
Doesn’t equate to, yes. Enables far more by default, absolutely. The substantial plot of Erin Brockovich is essentially resolved, today, in a few minutes of searching.
> For example, Moody’s Ratings Employees – including at the senior level – were communicating about credit ratings activities via text messages and WhatsApp on their personal devices, according to an SEC order. That included an associate managing director making off-channel comments about credit rating clients.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/business/banks-fines-what...