Patent ID: 8818032

Claim:
An image processing system comprising: an image processing apparatus; and a server, wherein the image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store image data; an information transmission unit configured to transmit information about the image data to the server; a result reception unit configured to receive, from the server, a determination result indicating whether or not the image data contains specific information; and a limitation control unit configured to control use of the image data to be limited in accordance with the determination result which indicates that the image data contains the specific information, wherein the server includes: an information reception unit configured to receive the information about the image data from the image processing apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the image data contains the specific information; and a result transmission unit configured to transmit the determination result of the determination unit to the image processing apparatus, and wherein use of the image data stored in the storage unit is limited until the result reception unit receives the determination result.