Imagine that you have been sent a document with an electronic signature. How can you be sure that the signature there is valid? There are a few important things to consider that are explained below. Electronic signatures fall into 2 broad categories: 1) Simple electronic signatures and 2) Qualified or Read more…
One of the most common features of a document signing application is the ability to add the visual representation (or plainly put, an image) of the user’s signature to a pdf. This article describes an approach where a base64 encoded image is used as the visual representation of the user’s Read more…
Background:If you want to register .ee domain in Estonia then you need to sign the registration request with Qualified Electronic Signature – QES. Host.ee is a leading domain registration and web hosting service provider based in Estonia. The company offers a wide range of services, including domain registration, web hosting, Read more…
One of the first questions is can you trust the signature if you receive an electronically signed document? ETSI has established a technical committee (TC) electronic signatures and infrastructures (ESI) to address these questions. ETSI is an international organization producing globally applicable standards for ICT-enabled systems. eID Easy is helping Read more…
A Canadian court made a recent decision where a legally binding contract was signed electronically by texting the picture of the contract and being replied by “Thumbs up” emoji 👍. Value of this contract was C$82,000 ($61,442). You can read more about the case from https://www.canlii.org/en/sk/skkb/doc/2023/2023skkb116/2023skkb116.html and easier to read Read more…
A cloud-based signature certificate is a digital certificate that is used to create and verify qualified electronic signatures (QES). It is stored and managed in the cloud, rather than on a local device or server. A signature certificate contains information about the signer, including their name, email address, and the Read more…
Medical and Pharma industry around the world uses FDAs Guidelines 21 CFR Part 11 as global standard. This regulation was drafted at a year 1997 and these days you can satisfy these requirements easily most high quality electronic signatures. FDA here means US Food and Drug Administration. Qualified Electronic Signatures Read more…
Every company operating in the EU and in many other regions needs some Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) if they want to become fully digital. In most countries contracts like employment contract, employment contract termination, warranties, IP transfer or many other types need QES to be valid. Usually these documents are Read more…
Here is a quick overview of how documents can or must be created and signed in the European Union based on the Estonian Civil Code Act. Since EU law is quite similar then most of this applies in rest of the EU countries as well. Law in Estonian is in Read more…
Is your company currently using a document management system but still downloading, signing and uploading documents back into the cloud? With over 70% of market share, chances are that you are using something like Microsoft’s Sharepoint since it is one of the most popular document management systems for large corporates. Read more…