[dottjt]

Would this have been any different if these documents were stored non-electronically though? I understand that the whole point of electronic data is that it can be backed up, but if the alternative were simply an analog system then it would have fared no better.

[dikei]

For paper documents, you'd make at least a few copies for storage at the source, and then every receiver will get his/her own notarized copies.

Electronically, everyone just receives a link to read the document.

[Muromec]

Paper records are usually distributed both by agency and by locality.

[seunosewa]

It would have been better if storage was distributed.