SIGNATURES DIRECTIVE
September 1st, 2001
Alan OsborneTHE INTRODUCTION of e-commerce into the European Union, already disappointingly slow, is further threatened by the failure so far of the 15 member countries to adopt the European Electronic Signature Directive, delegates to the Information Security Solutions Europe 2001 conference at the QE2 centre in London have been told.The directive, which seeks to make signatures on electronic communications and contracts legally binding throughout the EU, is a key element in the European Commission's plan to overtake America and assume world leadership in ...
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