Falcon provide comprehensive advice on document management legal admissibility and compliance. When considering the paperless office it is important you comply with the latest BSI standards relating to legal admissibility of document data saved within your document management system. We work closely with the leading authority in the UK on legal admissibility and compliance of records and can offer comprehensive consultancy if required. By ensuring that you achieve compliance with your document management system your scanned documents may be safely disposed of while your digitised documents meet the requirements of governing bodies as authentic replacements to the original. Falcon ensure all document management systems have been certified to comply with BSI standards meaning your digital data would be accepted by HM Revenue and Customs.

Falcon Document Management, in association with Group 5 Training together form one of the leading independent consultancy firms in legal admissibility and other compliance requirements. Falcon can help you with all your legal compliance issues.

There are many general and industry specific information management compliance requirements. The following is a selection, and not an exhaustive list:

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) was fully implemented on the 1st January 2005. It was implemented as part of the 'Open Government' initiative, and requires public bodies to respond positively to requests for information from individuals. The Act specifies the maximum time that the public body has to respond to a request (typically 20 working days), and also sets out a charging mechanism.

Based on the Australian Standard AS 4390, Records Management, this International Standard was developed to standardise international best practice in records management. It provides guidance on managing records of originating organisations, public or private, for internal and external clients.

Personal information for business use needs to comply with the rules of the Data Protection Act 1998, regardless of the 'system' of document management. Indeed a secure information management system can help with compliance as for personal and confidential data, as it reduces the opportunity for theft or accidental loss. It can also ensure that the management of subject access requests for such data can be effected in an efficient manner.

Personal information for business use needs to comply with the rules of the Data Protection Act 1998, regardless of the 'system' of document management. Indeed a secure information management system can help with compliance as for personal and confidential data, as it reduces the opportunity for theft or accidental loss. It can also ensure that the management of subject access requests for such data can be effected in an efficient manner.

Electronic Documents and e-Commerce Transactions as Legally Admissible Evidence': the BSI code of practice, PD 5000:1999, enables organisations to demonstrate the authenticity of their electronic documents and e-commerce transactions, so they can be used as legally admissible evidence.

This document gives details of five "Principles of Good Practice for Information Management". It was developed by a consortium of organisations in 1993, with an objective of achieving a position where an imaged document is treated in law as equivalent to the typed, printed or hand written paper document.

This publication will help you to demonstrate compliance with BIP 0008, by enabling you to document which controls from BIP 0008 have been implemented within your system. The Workbook also enables you to keep a record of the documentation required by the Code of Practice.