Click to Sign Signatures

What are Click to Sign Signatures?

Click to Sign signatures enable document recipients to sign from a link in an email.  With Click to Sign signatures, email authentication ensures a quick and easy signing experience. These types of signatures are legally binding in most countries. ‍Click to Sign signatures provide unparalleled ease-of-use, making them ideal for known contacts or for signees whose identity has already been verified or strong authentication is not required.

 

The signing process with Click to Sign Signatures

  1. Document sent for digital signature
    The signee receives an email with a link to start the document signing process.
  2. Document is signed 
    The signee chooses their desired digital signature appearance and clicks a button to complete the signing.
  3. Signed document is delivered
    The signed document is delivered along with documented evidence of the signing process. It's that easy.

 

Security measures of Click to Sign Signatures

Click to Sign signatures utilize the signees email as an authentication method to provide a smooth user experience.

A certified TSA timestamp ensures that the signing time meets eIDAS guidelines and the document is suitable for long-term preservation.

Finally, the document is electronically sealed to ensure the document cannot be manipulated or tampered with after the signing process.

 

Evidence page

Each signing process that utilises Click to Sign Signatures for one or more signatures in the process, is accompanied with an evidence page. The evidence page includes information about all steps taken in the process including:

  • the creation of the signing process,
  • the delivery of the signing process to the signee,
  • when the signee looked at the process/document
  • the authentication process
  • the signature process
  • the delivery of documents

The evidence page includes attributes such as:

  • Timing
  • IP numbers
  • Email addresses

After everyone has signed the document, the evidence page is delivered to the sender of the process or default delivery method of the customer, but not to the signee of the process. 

Other signature types

Taktikal offers three other signature types:

  1. Qualified Signatures - with electronic ID
  2. Advanced Signatures - with document scanning and biometrics
  3. Standard Signatures - with 2 factor authentication

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