Form Fillable pdf

Is it possible to produce a fillable Acrobat form that can be printed (with the information filled in) but not saved it saved as. OK. I know you can do a print screen (PC) or screen capture (Mac) but if we can do the basic form with a security featur elike this we will be jumping for joy!
S

Hi Genevieve
Tis quite simple. We have a medical client who would like users to fill out a pdf form but have no facility to save the sensitive data electronically which could fall into the wrong hands. OK, yes, we know that screen dumps, print screen will do that, but it is politically correct that the system of gathering information is done in this way.
So, person fills out pdf form, cannot electronically save it within the software so had to print it out and fax it to the third party. No electonic copy kept.
I am thinking that the only was we can achieve this is html.

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