Enforcing ‘simple’ electronic signatures in an international context

Abstract

William K. Norton provides a summary of some work undertaken by his law firm relating to the development of policies to improve the likelihood of enforcing ‘simple’ electronic signatures in approximately 50 jurisdictions, taking into account the technical requirements in each jurisdiction

Index words: electronic signatures, simple electronic signatures, international context, consent, handwritten signatures, clickwrap; Hong Kong; the Netherlands; Japan; Germany; France