Online signature for electronic documents
Electronic media in private life as well as in the profession is always important, so the correspondence takes place more often via the Internet. It appears to be practical to provide electronic documents, such as contracts with an Online signature, or the so-called "electronic signature" to any material costs and save time.
Reading device for chip cards
Notes for a legally binding Online signature
Of course, a signature that you write on a paper is legally valid. Once you digitize the signature, however, by scanning this, for example, or photograph, the signature to be valid. Even if you customize your signature on a graphics Tablet corresponds to you legally, a signature which you created with the keyboard and is thus also invalid.
- An electronic signature is only legally valid, if you let this professional create. Such a Service provides, among other things, the German Post office , or the Federal printing office.
- Once you have completed an application for the signature card, you need to identify first. This is normally done via the post.
- A signature card contains an individual Chip with your signature information. The cost for such a chip card to be at least 40 to 200 Euro and can produce according to kind multiple signatures with only one input.
- Each chip card is digitally encrypted, unique and can not be decrypted by viruses or hackers. With the help of the smart card the generated electronic signature is also unique and is similar to a human fingerprint.
- So you can use a signature card, you will need the Pin of each chip card accompanied by a card reading device, the request from your vendor for your smart card.
A legal Online signature is not always required of them. In many cases, such as, for example, an application, in an E-Mail already a digitized signature. How to use an E-Mail to add a digital signature, you can learn in a different practical tip.
