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Understanding Electronic Signature Legality: ESIGN, UETA, and eIDAS
How digital and electronic signatures achieve legal enforceability worldwide
Under the United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), electronic signatures carry the same legal weight as traditional wet-ink pen signatures. In the European Union, Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS) similarly establishes that an electronic signature shall not be denied legal effect solely because it is in electronic form.
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