EU Draft Digital Signature Directive

[Nicholas Bohm]

At 11:04 AM 8/28/98 +0100, Richard Clayton wrote:
>In article <199808280657.HAA12657@archive-1.ftel.co.uk>, Ian G Batten
><I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk> writes
>
>>The whole issue I'm wrestling with here, while we're contemplating using
>>digital signatures for business approvals, is distinguishing between the
>>signature of the chief system administrator (which passes to my deputy,
>>my boss, etc, when I'm not here) and the signature of Ian G Batten in
>>person (for things relating to me as an employee).  How do we stop
>>people signing as the chief sysadmin who shouldn't be now, because I'm
>>in, but can next week, because I'm out?  And so on.
>
>the draft Directive does not deal with "group" signatures. The wording
>specifically deals with signatures which are tied to a single person
>(because they seem to believe that this is possible!)  see 2 1 c [that's
>the DEFINITION of an electronic signature].

Assuming I haven't muddled my versions of the draft up, "person" here means
natural or legal person, and so includes bodies corporate - this is not
displaced by language like "his", since it isn't practical to write "hers,
his or its" every time.

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