Electronic Signature

FAQ: Electronic Signature

  • The Law 59/2003 of electronic signature, defines an electronic signature as the data set in electronic form, appropriated alongside other or associated with them, which can be used as a means of identification of the signatory.

    Likewise, defines the advanced electronic signature as the electronic signature that allows you to identify the signatory and detect any later change of signed data, which is linked to the signatory singly and data referred to, and which has been created by means that the author may keep under its exclusive control.

    And finally, defines the electronic signature as the advanced electronic signature based on a certificate recognized, and generated through a secure device signature. The electronic signature is the only effective equivalent to handwritten signature