From handwritten signature to electronic signatures

[nurmohammadkhan]

The handwritten and analogical signature , to which the law has always recognized the highest value (except, of course, in specific cases of disavowal or complaint of forgery), is characterized, in itself, by an extraordinary simplicity: just take a pen and sign, even if sometimes it means having to sign dozens and dozens of documents one after the other, with the result that often the last signature looks more like a series of hieroglyphics, rather than our name and surname. Despite this, the handwritten signature is one and only one.

By its very nature, on the contrary, the digital world is extremely mobile panama whatsapp resource and changeable: losing, damaging or incurring accidental or intentional modifications to an electronic document is unfortunately a very real risk. This is why the legislator felt the need to regulate this area very strictly, including of course the varied world of electronic signatures, to protect the legal value of documents and contracts.


The different forms of electronic signature
It is interesting and useful to note that Italy began to regulate this issue much earlier than the European Union, defining and regulating a very specific type of electronic signature, namely the digital signature . In fact, the digital signature has existed in our legal system since 1997, when Presidential Decree 513 of 10 November defined its validity and technological characteristics for the first time, inextricably linking it to asymmetric encryption techniques.