Legality of Electronic Signatures in the UK

Electronic signatures are legally recognized in the United Kingdom under a variety of laws and regulations.

The UK eIDAS (electronic identification and trust services) covers a range of services that impact both individuals and businesses online who want to verify electronic documents.

Generally, the law outlines five types of verifications that can be used to show authenticity of electronic data. These are:

1. Electronic Signatures;
2. Electronic Seals;
3. Electronic Time Stamps;
4. Electronic Registry Delivery Services; and
5. Website Authentication Certificates.

FormDr allows you to use both electronic signatures and electronic time stamps to verify the authenticity of forms and documents. You can also see the IP address from where a form is submitted for added reassurance. If you send a form to a client or patient via email or text message, then you have one more layer of verification.

Advanced electronic signatures, such as those provided by FormDr meet the legal standards set forth below:

1. It is uniquely linked to the signatory;
2. It is capable of identifying the signatory;
3. It is created using electronic signature creation data that the signatory can, with a high level of confidence, use under his sole control; and
4. It is linked to the data signed therewith in such a way that any subsequent change in the data is detectable.

(Regulation No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council which was adopted in the UK.)

With FormDr you can feel confident that your signatures are valid, especially when sending them through our system. Try out online forms and documents today!