Electronic Signatures

The global pandemic of COVID-19 is preventing individuals from travelling to sign documents, or being in close proximity with other individuals when signing documents. Consequently, individuals / companies may wish to use electronic signatures as an alternative to the traditional 'wet-ink' signatures when signing documents.

What is an electronic signature?

An electronic signature can be described as 'data in an electronic form which is attached to or logically associated with other data in electronic form and which is used by the signatory to sign.'¹ There are several different forms of electronic signatures including clicking an 'I Agree' button on a website, or transferring an image of a signature onto a document. Digital signatures are a form of electronic signatures.