How UK’s DIATF can boost e-signatures’ evidentiary value

A recently released report by Nick Mothershaw, chief identity strategist of Open Identity Exchange (OIX) and a member of the OIX/TISA eSignatures working group, emphasizes the potential to strengthen the evidentiary value of simple and advanced e-signatures by leveraging the UK's Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF). The document aims to draw attention to the advantages of using DIATF-certified digital IDs to associate a "known user" with an electronic signature, thereby bolstering its legal weight. The paper …

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