Legal validity of electronic signatures
WEDO's electronic signatures are legally valid and comply with the EU and Swiss legal regulations.
Compliant with EU and Swiss Legal Regulations
eIDAS
The Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services regulation "establishes the framework to ensure that electronic interactions between businesses are safer and more efficient" in the EU.
ESigA
The Federal Act on Electronic Signatures defines the requirements for digital certificates and the obligations of service providers to "promote a wide range of secure certification services" in Switzerland.
Legally valid electronic signature for every legal standard
Legislation differentiates between three types of electronic signatures. Each type varies in its application scope and legal validity.
| Type | Description | Legal Validity |
|---|---|---|
| Low | Simple electronic signature | Low |
| High | Advanced electronic signature | High |
| Maximum | Qualified electronic signature | Equal to a handwritten signature according to EU and Swiss law |
Trust and security
| Level | Identity Security | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Low | Low level of identity security and simple signature triggering (LOA 1 to 2) | Documents without legal form requirement and with low liability risk |
| High | Identity verified using official identity document, triggering of signature with one factor authentication (LOA 3) | Documents without legal form requirement and with calculable liability risk |
| Maximum | Identity verified by authorised entities, triggering of signature by means of two factor authentication (LOA 4) | Documents with legal form requirements or high liability risk |
How does it work?
- Identity check when signing a document with a mobile phone number
- Pre-registration (on first use only) into WEDO
- Identity check when signing a document with a mobile phone number
- Pre-registration (on first use only) with a trust service provider. Pre-registration can be done online or on site.
Regulatory basis
| Requirement Level | Description |
|---|---|
| Low | Integrity of the signed document ensured by advanced organisation certificate according to Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) AATL compliant |
| High | Personal electronic signature AATL compliant |
| Maximum | Equal to a handwritten signature according to Swiss (ESigA) and EU law (eIDAS) AATL compliant |
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