Legality and records
Digital signature vs electronic signature
An electronic signature is a legal category: any electronic sound, symbol or process attached to a record and adopted with intent to sign. A digital signature is a particular technology - public-key cryptography that binds a certificate to a document so tampering can be detected mathematically. Every digital signature is an electronic signature. Most electronic signatures are not digital signatures.
Why the distinction matters in practice
For most commercial agreements it does not. An electronic signature backed by good evidence is enforceable, and that is what the overwhelming majority of signing tools provide.
It starts to matter when a regulator, a government registry, or a counterparty's policy specifically requires a qualified or advanced electronic signature - terms from eIDAS that do require certificates issued by a trust service provider.
Where SignaCore sits, plainly
SignaCore produces electronic signatures, not PKI digital signatures. There is no certificate authority and no qualified signature creation device.
What it provides instead is the evidence trail: email-verified identity, timestamps, IP records, and a completed PDF per signer. If your document requires a qualified electronic signature under eIDAS, or a certificate-based signature for a regulated filing, SignaCore is not the right tool and we would rather say so here than after you have paid.
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