Trust Centre

Learn about the legal durability of Scrive documents, our unique digital sealing method, blockchain security and more.

Compliance

Compliance with regulatory requirements and security standards is a top priority at Scrive.

Legal validity

Scrive is a trust service provider under the EU eIDAS Regulation.

Documents signed with Scrive conform to eIDAS, US ESIGN Act, UETA, and global contract law. Thus, they are generally enforceable in the courts. Read more about different types of electronic signatures and local statutory requirements.
To help you minimise your business risk, every document signed with Scrive has:

  • a comprehensive evidence package with a detailed audit trail
  • a tamper-proof digital seal that can be verified independently of Scrive

Information security

Scrive highly values information security in all of our operations. When you send, sign and archive documents with Scrive, you’re safe at every step: all data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

Furthermore, we are ISO 27001:2022 certified, which means that Scrive has established, implemented, maintains and continually improves an information security management system. We go through yearly audits to prove that we stay on top of information security and to keep this certification. You can find more certifications on our “About Scrive” page.

 

Data protection

Scrive is a European provider of eSigning and eID solutions. As such, we take pride in ensuring compliance with European data protection legislation such as the GDPR.

We have a strong Privacy by Design mindset with focus on compliant product development, only make use of European data hosting, and are diligent in our choice of sub-processors.

You can read more about how we ensure compliance with the GDPR and our different hosting options.

Are e-signatures legally binding?

It’s actually three questions in one, and not all of them are legal questions. Trade law professor Christina Ramberg helps us understand in a series of short videos:

  • What makes a signature legal?
  • How can you prove the signer’s identity?
  • What evidence can you show later?

Are e-signatures legally binding?

Legal evidence

Scrive set the world standard for the quality of legal evidence to accompany electronically-signed documents.

Legal evidence

Sealing and verifying a Scrive document

Scrive uses a unique method for tamper-proofing every signed document that allows you to independently verify its integrity in the future.

Sealing and verifying a Scrive document

 

Blockchain for smart people*

(*Who feel like dummies when someone says blockchain)
Scrive was the first e-sign provider to use blockchain technology to protect document integrity.

Blockchain for smart people*

Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)

QES is the highest level of electronic signature as defined by the eIDAS regulation. Scrive currently offers QES services in partnership with Swisscom and Verimi, both trust service provider as recognised by the EU.

Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)

eIDAS at a glance

Learn about the legal framework for standardising digital identity and electronic signatures (and more) in the EU.

eIDAS at a glance

Three levels of e-signature

The eIDAS framework for e-signing in the EU defines Basic, Advanced and Qualified Electronic Signatures.

Three levels of e-signature

Accessibility in Scrive

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 is an internationally recognised standard for web accessibility, established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Accessibility in Scrive

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