The draft regulation describes
the required signature method by generic functions, not by technology.
Not exact matches
The main issue is the
method by which independent candidates must submit their
signatures, compared to the easier
method required for candidates petitioning for a place on a primary ballot.
Documents
requiring your
signature can be sent to you by mail, email, DocuSign (a
method of electronically obtaining your
signature) or fax.
Signatures or entering a PIN for card transaction will still be
required, but which one is used will depend on the verification
method tied to the EMV card, not whether the card is debit or credit.
(d) if the
signature is
required to be given to a person who is neither a Commonwealth entity nor a person acting on behalf of a Commonwealth entity — the person to whom the
signature is
required to be given consents to that requirement being met by way of the use of the
method mentioned in paragraph (a).
They
require that party choice of authentication (
signature)
methods be effective and that parties be allowed to prove attribution if it is put in doubt — but countries are allowed to
require specific authentication
methods for specified sectors or transactions (14.6).
One might note that similar criticisms have been made of the e-
signature provisions of the Model Law on Electronic Commerce, which also
require a reliable
method to identify the signatory and associate the
signature to the record.
He also attacks the GUIDEC commentary for conditioning reliable digital
signatures on parties acting in good faith and without negligence, saying that if one can know independently of the
signature method that the parties are so acting, one does not need the security allegedly provided by the high - tech
methods required.