Electronic legal action

• Digitalisation and the law
• Electronic legal action
• Related legal norms 
• How to quickly find your way around the related law?
• More information
• What else? Let's do it!

Digitalisation and the law

Digitalisation is and will continue to change our lives. If we want to use it as an opportunity, we need to combine three perspectives - business, IT and legal. 

That's why the services of Signi and its partners aim to help:

1. Business people to design digital versions of their processes using Signi.

2. IT people to make the related technology work in their company's IT environment.

3. Legal people to navigate the related legal issues.

Electronic legal action

One of the opportunities of digitalisation is electronic legal transactions, which include:

1. Remote identification in Signi

2. Electronic signing in Signi

3. Electronic archiving of documents in Signi

Related legal norms 

Electronic identification, signing and archiving are governed in particular by the following laws:

• eIDAS - a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council (EU) transposed into Czech law by Act No. 297/2016 Coll., on trust services for electronic transactions

• AML Act - Act No. 253/2008 Coll. - Act on Certain Measures against the Legalization of Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing - also abbreviated as the Anti-Money Laundering Act

• Digital Constitution - Act No. 12/2020 Coll., on the Right to Digital Services and on Amendments to Certain Acts

• Archive Act - Act No. 499/2004 Coll., on Archives and Records Service

Some areas are then regulated by special laws, e.g.:

• HR - the Labour Code regulates the delivery of electronically signed documents, see the archiving period of some documents is set up to 30 years, for more see Electronic signing in HR using Signi,

• Real Estate - in addition to the AML Act, the possibility of withdrawing from a contract concluded off the premises is also addressed, a qualified signature is still required for registration in the Real Estate Cadastre,

• Construction - e.g. qualified signatures on construction logs are prescribed,

• Accounting - in addition to the AML Act, the VAT Act provides for the period of archiving documents

• and others.

How to quickly find your way around the related law?

Need to quickly absorb the basic concepts and context of electronic legal transactions? Ondřej Hanák from KROUPAHELÁN summarizes them in a clear way.

For a detailed e-book Guide to concluding contracts online from AK KROUPAHELÁN write to Ondřej Hanák at hanak@kroupahelan.cz.

More information

• Need to know more details including the Signi context? Check out Electronic Legal Proceedings and Signi.

• Are you dealing with HR? Electronic signing in HR using Signi is tailored to you.

What else? Let's do it!

• Need a quick overview of a topic for you and your colleagues? The presentation Introducing Signi from a business, IT and legal perspective will provide you with it.

• Get started now - Create your Signi account and start sending your first documents for signature. The Getting Started with Signi chapter will give you detailed instructions on how to get started. The first three signatures are free, so you can try the app without obligation.

• Contact us now at sales@signi.com. We can advise you or put you in touch with lawyers and experts who specialise in the field of digitalisation.

• Let's schedule a video call together - We would be happy to demonstrate the Signi app and the management and signing of business documents. Choose the date that works best for you.