Misplacing an old payslip or an employment contract when you need it can cause real stress. Paper versions degrade, hard drives fail, and attachments get lost in saturated inboxes. A digital safe dedicated to official documents addresses this problem at its root, provided you choose a service that is reliable both legally and technically.
Probative value and long-term preservation: what sets Arkevia apart from a simple cloud
Storing a file on Google Drive or Dropbox is just storage. Storing a payslip in a space compliant with the NF Z42-013 standard is probative archiving. The difference may seem subtle, but it changes everything in the event of a dispute or audit.
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A document with probative value is accepted as evidence in court or before an administrative body. For this, the service must guarantee that the file has not been altered after submission. Arkevia retains documents with probative value for up to 50 years, even after the employee leaves the company. Few solutions offer this duration.
In practice, an employee who leaves their position retains access to their personal space. Their payslips, certificates, and contractual documents remain available decades later, for example, to reconstruct a career upon retirement.
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When analyzing the online safe Arkevia from a compliance perspective, it is clear that it meets the requirements of the GDPR and the ISO 27001 standard, two frameworks that govern personal data protection and information security management, respectively.
AES-256 encryption and hosting in France: the technical foundation of Arkevia
Would you trust your originals to a stranger on the street? Probably not. The same caution applies to the digital realm. Knowing where your data is stored and how it is protected is not a detail.
Bank-level encryption
Arkevia uses AES-256 encryption. This is the same standard used by banks and administrations to protect sensitive transactions. Each document submitted is encrypted before storage, making it unreadable without the decryption key associated with your account.
Servers subject to European law
Data is hosted exclusively on servers located in France. This has a direct legal consequence: your documents fall under European law and the GDPR, not foreign legislations that could allow access by third parties (such as the U.S. Cloud Act).
For an employee or HR service handling payslips, contracts, or medical certificates, this location reduces a risk that is often underestimated.
Cegedim SRH: the publisher behind the Arkevia platform
Competitors rarely mention who develops and maintains Arkevia. The platform is published by Cegedim SRH, a historical player in payroll and HR services in France. This is not a recent startup testing a business model, but a company already established with large enterprises and public organizations.
Why does this matter? Because entrusting your official documents to an established HR publisher guarantees the longevity of the service. A digital safe only makes sense if the company offering it still exists in ten, twenty, or thirty years. Cegedim SRH’s grounding in the HRIS sector provides this assurance better than an isolated player.
This lineage also explains why Arkevia integrates naturally into payroll management processes. The employer can automatically distribute dematerialized payslips into the individual safes of employees, without manual intervention each cycle.
Stored documents and daily management on Arkevia
A secure digital safe is useless if you can’t find your files. Arkevia offers categorization that simplifies archiving over time.
Here are the types of documents that the platform allows you to store and organize:
- Payslips, received automatically if the employer uses dematerialized distribution via Cegedim SRH
- Employment contracts, amendments, and employer certificates, submitted manually or transmitted by the HR service
- Personal documents such as diplomas, transcripts, important invoices, or various certificates
- Sensitive administrative documents: tax notices, banking documents, proof of residence
The service is free for the employee. It is the employer who subscribes to the solution. Once the account is activated, the personal space remains accessible even after a change of company.
Login and access from any device
Access is via the MyArkevia portal, from a computer, tablet, or smartphone. The secure connection allows you to view or download a document at any time, without depending on HR service hours or postal delivery.
This functionality solves a concrete problem: when a bank requests your last three payslips for a mortgage, you can retrieve them in minutes instead of rummaging through binders or waiting for a reissue from your employer.
Arkevia compared to other digital safe solutions
Other digital safes exist on the French market. What positions Arkevia is the combination of three elements rarely found in the same provider:
- Simultaneous compliance with the GDPR, the NF Z42-013 standard, and ISO 27001, which covers data protection, probative archiving, and information security
- French hosting with AES-256 encryption, which eliminates the risk of legal extraterritoriality
- Guaranteed preservation for up to 50 years after submission, even in the event of leaving the company, making it a true career archiving solution
For an employee, the decisive criterion often remains free access and portability. Arkevia checks both boxes without compromising data security.
The choice of a digital safe for official documents relies less on visible features than on what is not seen: the robustness of encryption, the location of servers, the actual duration of preservation. Arkevia backs these guarantees with a recognized HR publisher, making it a solid option for anyone looking to secure their payslips and administrative documents in the long term.