Electronic Government [No. 41 of 2021 523 (2) A public body may determine which form of electronic submission is permissible for the purposes of that public body. (3) A public body may, with the consent of a data subject, as applicable, retrieve required documentation originating from another public body directly from the issuing public body, and the requesting public body and the providing public body may collect, process and use the necessary personal data for that purpose. (4) In the absence of any legal provisions to the contrary, the consent granted under subsection (3) may be provided by electronic means and shall be documented. (5) A public body shall, for the purposes of subsection (4), ensure that the data subject— (a) has granted consent consciously and in a clear manner; (b) may retrieve the content of the consent at any time; and (c) may revoke the consent at any time with effect for the future. 13. (1) A public body may keep its records in electronic form. Electronic (2) A public body shall ensure that where records are kept in electronic form, appropriate technical and organisational measures are implemented in accordance with accepted technological standards to ensure that the principles of orderly record-keeping and legal requirements for duration of maintenance of records are observed. 14. (1) Where a public body keeps electronic records, it shall keep electronic copies of those records on file in electronic form and may in accordance with this Act or any other law, retain paper documents. (2) A public body shall when transferring records to electronic documents, ensure that in accordance with accepted technological standards at the time the pictorial and text content of the electronic documents correspond to the paper documents when they are rendered readable. (3) The National Coordinator may, on the request of a public body, waive the conversion of paper documents into electronic documents where that conversion would entail disproportionate technical efforts. record keeping Conversion and destruction of original paper documents