INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage electronic data corresponding to a printed matter on the basis of daily operations such as breaking an actually printed matter and throwing it into a trash box.SOLUTION: An information management apparatus 1 includes: a database 14 for accumulating electronic data corresponding to a printed matter 20; a printed matter identification unit 11 for acquiring location information of the electric data corresponding to the printed matter 20; a user behavior recognition unit 10 for recognizing a user behavior with respect to the printed matter 20; a printed matter state control unit 12 for, when the user behavior is recognized as a disposal action by the user behavior recognition unit 10, determining disposal processing of the electronic data corresponding to the printed matter 20; and data management unit 13 for deleting the electronic data corresponding to the printed matter 20, which is accumulated in the database 14, according to the determination of the printed matter state control unit 12.