Court-enforceable. Same legal weight as wet ink. Three tiers under eIDAS.
An electronic signature is any electronic process indicating consent to a record — from a typed name, to a drawn signature on a touchscreen, to a click on an 'I agree' button. When paired with a proper audit trail, electronic signatures are court-enforceable in most of the world.
an electronic signature
An electronic signature is a digital indication of consent (typed name, drawn signature, or accept-click) on a document, court-enforceable under eIDAS (EU), ESIGN, and UETA (US) when the audit trail captures who signed, when, from where, and what they consented to.
| Legal framework (US) | ESIGN (federal, 2000) + UETA (state, 49 states) |
|---|---|
| Legal framework (EU) | eIDAS Regulation 910/2014 |
| Three eIDAS tiers | Simple (SES) → Advanced (AES) → Qualified (QES) |
| Life sciences | 21 CFR Part 11 for FDA-regulated workflows |
| Court enforcement | Generally equivalent to handwritten signature |
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