An information processing apparatus (1001, 1002) comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive electronic data; a hold unit adapted to hold transfer conditions, each of the transfer conditions including information representative of a transfer destination and information representative of a transfer method; a determination unit adapted, in a case where an access authority has been set for the received electronic data, to make a determination based on the transfer method to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition as to whether or not the received electronic data is capable of being transferred in a state that it remains set with the access authority; and a transfer control unit adapted to transfer the received electronic data in a state that it remains set with the access authority to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition in a case where said determination unit has determined that the received electronic data is capable of being transferred, said transfer control unit being adapted to limit the received electronic data set with the access authority being transferred to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition in a case where said determination unit has determined that the received electronic data is not capable of being transferred, characterized in that each of the transfer conditions further includes information representative of a file format in which the electronic data is to be transferred to the transfer destination, and said determination unit is adapted to determine whether or not the received electronic data can be transferred in a state that it remains set with the access authority based on the transfer method and the file format represented by the transfer condition. a reception unit adapted to receive electronic data; a hold unit adapted to hold transfer conditions, each of the transfer conditions including information representative of a transfer destination and information representative of a transfer method; a determination unit adapted, in a case where an access authority has been set for the received electronic data, to make a determination based on the transfer method to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition as to whether or not the received electronic data is capable of being transferred in a state that it remains set with the access authority; and a transfer control unit adapted to transfer the received electronic data in a state that it remains set with the access authority to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition in a case where said determination unit has determined that the received electronic data is capable of being transferred, said transfer control unit being adapted to limit the received electronic data set with the access authority being transferred to the transfer destination represented by the transfer condition in a case where said determination unit has determined that the received electronic data is not capable of being transferred, characterized in that each of the transfer conditions further includes information representative of a file format in which the electronic data is to be transferred to the transfer destination, and said determination unit is adapted to determine whether or not the received electronic data can be transferred in a state that it remains set with the access authority based on the transfer method and the file format represented by the transfer condition.