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- Electronic Signature - It
is a general term used for
electronic mechanism which can be used to
guarantee document integrity and non-repudiation. It may include methods
such as hand writing image capture, IP address / host name capture etc.
Electronic
Signature,
as new technologies that reduce the need for
paper are about to become commonplace.
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What's driving the development of these
Electronic Signature
technologies is environmental awareness combined with business need,
paper is slow. Printing and delivery of paper, whether a report, invoice
or purchase order, is a labor and equipment intensive process that can
take minutes, hours or days.
Digital "paper" can be delivered almost
instantly via the Internet, potentially saving companies billions of
dollars.
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Electronic Signature,
The technology is better
than a written signature on paper.
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New legislation in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada has
legitimized electronic contracts and paperwork, making it more
attractive for businesses to conduct transactions in a paper-free,
digital environment. is often used to mean either a
signature imputed
to a text via one or more of several electronic means, or cryptographic
means to add non-repudiation and message integrity features to a
document. Digital signature usually refers specifically to a
cryptographic signature, either on a document, or on a lower-level data
structure. The confusion in terminology is unsatisfactory in many
respects, and will remain so until usage, especially in statutes and
regulations, Electronic Signature becomes more standardized.
Legal use of electronic
signatures
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In law, if a signature on a contract or other document is contested,
the signature must meet certain tests to be upheld by a court. These
requirements vary by jurisdiction, but various sorts of signatures, some
entirely electronical Telex addresses (for example, ABC Company sends a
Telex to XYZ Company making an offer at a particular price. The offer
was held to be binding when the 'signature' was challenged.), telegrams
(for example, "I ACCEPT, SMITH" even though Smith never actually touched
the telegraph key), and faxes of documents, even in some cases where the
original was not signed by the sender. A central question in such cases
is forgery and spoofing of assent, and in these decisions, courts have
held that forgery and spoofing can be in practice ruled out.
Nevertheless, it is easily possible, for many electronic methods of
signature, or imputed signature, to forge or spoof assent. The rapidly
rising problem of identity theft illustrates the ease of such forgeries.
Electronic Signature.
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