Electronic Signature
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An Electronic Signature is a signature that ...
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- See: EIDAS, DocuSign, Inc., Digital Signature, Digital Signature Standard, ZertES, Digital Signature.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electronic_signature Retrieved:2023-9-11.
- An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data.[1][2] This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as it adheres to the requirements of the specific regulation under which it was created (e.g., eIDAS in the European Union, NIST-DSS in the USA or ZertES in Switzerland).[3] Electronic signatures are a legal concept distinct from digital signatures, a cryptographic mechanism often used to implement electronic signatures. While an electronic signature can be as simple as a name entered in an electronic document, digital signatures are increasingly used in e-commerce and in regulatory filings to implement electronic signatures in a cryptographically protected way. Standardization agencies like NIST or ETSI provide standards for their implementation (e.g., NIST-DSS, XAdES or PAdES). The concept itself is not new, with common law jurisdictions having recognized telegraph signatures as far back as the mid-19th century and faxed signatures since the 1980s.