paper trail
A paper trail is a set of documents that can be used to gain information about a person, business, organization, or other entity. This includes, but is not limited to,
their location, behaviors, activities and
habits. Paper-based audit trails naturally present in paper-based ballot and potentially present in electronic voting are also
referred to as paper trails.
This term is used most often by lawyers and investigative journalists
Also refers to the 1997 movie with the same name: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119856/
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