USE OF DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY DIGITAL SIGNATURE IN THE CIVIL PROCESS

Abstract

This paper analyzes the use in civil proceedings of documents signed with digital signatures. Information technologies for their implementation in legal proceedings must meet high criteria of reliability and security. The paper analyzes the regulatory framework governing the use of digital signatures. There are the following types of digital signatures: simple digital and enhanced digital signatures. Also, there are distinguished an enhanced non-qualified digital signature and an enhanced qualified digital signature. A simple digital is a signature that confirms the fact that the digital signature has been generated by a specific person through the use of codes, passwords or other means.