A method for handling jobs in an imaging apparatus includes setting in the imaging apparatus an expiration time at which a job designated as confidential will be deleted from the processing queue of the imaging apparatus; storing in a container of an object store job identity information relating to each pending job associated with a designated user of the container; automatically deleting a confidential job of the pending jobs from the processing queue without human intervention when the expiration time for the confidential job is reached; and storing in the container metadata for notifying the user of the deleting of the confidential job.