Electronic Signature Legislation
- Topics:
- Commercial Litigation
- Tags:
- Advertising & Promotion,
- Georgia,
- Marketing,
- Signature
- Source:
- Morris, Manning & Martin
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Overview: The article comes up with the different problems like how to give documents, which exist only in electronic form the same legal status as paper documents and how to provide a secure, reliable and legally-sanctioned method for "signing" electronic documents, in order to make it unnecessary to generate and sign paper documents and thereby encourage and facilitate electronic commerce. The Solution provided are legislation which accords electronic documents the same legal status as paper-based documents and legislation which sanctions the use of reliable methods of electronic "signatures." The Georgia bill takes a minimalist approach, similar to the Florida statute. It defines an "electronic signature" as an electronic or digital method executed or adopted by a party with the intent to be bound by or to authenticate a record. The Georgia bill gives both private entities and public agencies the option of using electronic records executed or adopted with electronic signatures. The Georgia bill also creates an Electronic Commerce Study Committee to study issues relating to electronic records and signatures. In addition, the bill authorizes state agencies to establish pilot projects to serve as models for the application of technology such as electronic signatures.
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Format: HTML | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1
