How to sign with an Advanced
Electronic signature
Overview
SigningHub
provides three types of electronic signatures:
Electronic signatures are any mark made on an electronic document by the Signer with the intent that the mark serves as a signature. In South Africa, there are no compliance regulations that regulate electronic signatures and as such, they are considered to be low trust signatures.
Standard digital
signatures issued by LAWtrust are high trust signatures that fall
under the Adobe Approved Trusted List (AATL) regulations. Signers are
required to pass through strong authentication before they can be
issued with the Standard Digital certificate required for digital
signatures.
In South Africa, Advanced Electronic signatures are a subset of digital signatures governed by the South African ECT Act. Advanced Electronic signatures carry the highest trust and are very reliable signatures. These types of signatures are good for signing sensitive documents like legal contracts. In order to be issued with an Advanced Electronic certificate, the Signer is required to pass through face-to-face identity verification.
To receive for an
Advanced Electronic certificate, please contact info@lawtrust.co.za.
Prerequisites
In order to set
up an Advanced Electronic signing workflow as described below, the
Signer must have been registered for an Advanced Electronic account
on SigningHub.
Workflow
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Signing
with an Advanced Electronic signature
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Step
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Log into
SigningHub at web.signinghub.co.za.
Use the credentials created during the SigningHub enrolment process.
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Start a new
workflow on SigningHub by clicking on the New
Workflow button.
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Upload the
document that requires the Advanced Electronic signature.
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Add the Signer to
the workflow.
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Click the Next
button.
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Add a digital
signature block to the document by selecting Digital
Signature from the toolbar on the
right. Drag the digital signature block to the document.
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Finalize the Advanced Digital signing workflow by clicking the Finish
button.
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SigningHub will
now send an email with a link to the document to the Signer. The
Signer can open the document by clicking on the View
Document link in the email.
Please note –
The Signer will be required to log into SigningHub with their
credentials that they created during the enrolment process.
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Automate this workflow
Do you use Advanced Electronic signatures often? Automate the signing process through SigningHub's API.
For more information see the sample code.