The effectiveness of electronic signature in proving electronic transactions

A comparative study

Abstract

Abstract:

The arrival of the Internet has led to a change in the habits of concluding contracts between the contractors, so many exchanges and contracts are conducted on the Web. In this way, evidence of evidence appeared on the Internet, which raises the question: Is this evidence on the Internet legally acceptable? Today, the issue of proving the identity of the contracting party and its electronic signature raises many problems, and the law must adapt to the issues raised by electronic transactions, because the electronic signature has taken its place in the legislative arsenal of several countries as a means through which the contracting party is identified via the Internet, and the development of electronic commerce is also subject to Because there are guarantees regarding data transmissions and online payments,Hence, the electronic signature as well as certainty about the identity of the contracting party constitute a response to the security problem of online commerce, and this is the case because the confirmed identity of the contracting party guarantees the validity of its electronic signature as well as the integrity of the data sent by it. Signature functions the same as a handwritten signature and under no conditions.