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Secure electronic
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In recent years, the terms Secure
electronic signature software and digital signature have come into
widespread, and somewhat confused, use.
Electronic
signature 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, becomes more
Secure electronic signature software standardized.
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Secure electronic
signature software,
various electronic actions
are legally binding signatures.
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The
Secure electronic signature software legal status of such claims
is uncertain. In the US, only two states have adopted a new revision of
the Uniform
Commercial Code which authorize such licensing restrictions and
disclosure after purchase. The validity of such terms remains uncertain,
despite the views of many EULA authors. Secure electronic signature
software analogies to the physical world in which
contracts and signatures are written, signed, and stored in tangible
form suggest that analogous terms would not be acceptable. In the UK,
Regulation 9 of the Electronic-Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
(SI 2002/2013) requires that a purchaser is able to determine in advance
“the different Secure electronic signature software technical
steps to follow to conclude the contract.
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