Signing a document and checking that it is genuine
How a contract or agreement is signed from a personal link, what is kept as proof, and how anyone can check a document or a certificate.
Open your personal link
The link you received by email opens the document. It belongs to you. If it says This link is not valid, it has expired or was replaced: ask for a new one.
Read the whole text
Read the document in the frame, down to the end. Nothing in it changes after it is sent to you.
Confirm that it is you
Type your full name as it appears on the document. Press Send the code and type the 6 digits received by email in Code received by email. Press Send the code again if it does not arrive.
Draw your signature and sign
Draw your signature in the box, tick that you have read and accept the document, and press Sign the contract. The button stays grey until the name, the code, the signature and the tick are all there.
What is kept as proof
The signature, the time, your network address and the fingerprint of the exact text are recorded. The platform also seals each signature with its own key. Members of staff signing for the organisation type their password again at the moment of signing.
Check a document or a certificate
Every document and certificate carries a code. Open the verification page, type the code and compare the details with your paper or file. The page says Genuine and unchanged, or warns that the stored text no longer matches its fingerprint.
- Keep the email with the code private. It is what proves that the signature is yours.
- Certificates are also issued as verifiable credentials that another system can check without asking NMD.