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Data handling

What AppThentic reads, what it stores, and how you correct or remove it.

What AppThentic reads

Only the sources you connect: repositories, tickets, docs and threads, plus logs and read-only database access if you enable investigations. Reading is read-only. See Reading your systems.

What AppThentic stores

Stored	Where
Business rules and their locations	Organization Memory, in your infrastructure
Links to supporting evidence	Organization Memory
Questions, answers and approvals	Organization Memory
History of every change	Organization Memory
Past investigations and their causes	Organization Memory

AppThentic stores links to source material and the parts it needs as evidence. Your systems remain the source of record.

Correcting and deleting

An owner can correct an answer at any time. The correction is recorded with the date.
A single fact can be deleted from Organization Memory without affecting any other fact or retraining anything.
Disconnecting a source stops AppThentic reading it.

Personal data

Answers are attributed to the people who gave them, because attribution is what makes them trustworthy. People can see what they have been asked and what they answered.

# Data handling

What AppThentic reads, what it stores, and how you correct or remove it.

## What AppThentic reads

Only the sources you connect: repositories, tickets, docs and threads, plus logs and read-only database access if you enable investigations. Reading is read-only. See [Reading your systems](/docs/reading-your-systems).

## What AppThentic stores

| Stored | Where |
| --- | --- |
| Business rules and their locations | Organization Memory, in your infrastructure |
| Links to supporting evidence | Organization Memory |
| Questions, answers and approvals | Organization Memory |
| History of every change | Organization Memory |
| Past investigations and their causes | Organization Memory |

AppThentic stores links to source material and the parts it needs as evidence. Your systems remain the source of record.

## Correcting and deleting

- An owner can correct an answer at any time. The correction is recorded with the date.
- A single fact can be deleted from Organization Memory without affecting any other fact or retraining anything.
- Disconnecting a source stops AppThentic reading it.

## Personal data

Answers are attributed to the people who gave them, because attribution is what makes them trustworthy. People can see what they have been asked and what they answered.