Digital signing provides a simple and user-friendly way to sign contracts, documents and other confidential information in a legal, compliant and secure way. Today, we’ll tell you more about the benefits of moving your organization’s contract processes to a Swedish cloud.
5 benefits of digital signing
1. more efficient contracting processes
Traditional signing of paper contracts is often a slow process. It requires a lot of administrative work in terms of printing, mail handling and filing. In addition, the actual signing takes time, especially if several parties are signing the same document.
When you switch to digital signing, you quickly realize how much time you can save. With just a few clicks, you and your colleagues can have your contracts ready for signing. Digital signatures allow the same document to be signed by multiple signatories from any location. It’s easier and more efficient, for both you and your customers. A great advantage, especially when a lot of work is now done remotely. As a bonus, you avoid paper and mail handling, and of course all documents are saved digitally.
2. Manage your contracts across devices
On the move and contracts need to be signed? No problem with digital signing! Digital signing allows you to manage all your contracts and documents regardless of the device you use. It’s just as easy to create and sign contracts on your computer as on your mobile. Another great advantage is that all contracts are easily accessible, even if you do not have your computer at hand. With a simple and user-friendly service that can also be managed via mobile, the time for signing contracts is often significantly reduced.
3. Increased security and traceability
Digital signing increases security. Each e-signature is time-stamped and, as an issuer, you can also ensure that the signatory needs to verify themselves with BankID before they can access the document to be signed. In addition, the entire contract process is also traceable, each step is documented and signatures can be verified via a QR code in the finished contract. With Storegate, all contracts receive qualified signatures with a time stamp for long-term archiving in PAdES format. The certificate that seals the documents is on the EUTL (European Union Trusted List) and AATL (Adobe Approved Trusted List). All documents signed with Storegate are advanced and qualified signatures and approved under eIDAS legislation.
4. environment
Digital signatures not only save time and money. By signing digitally, you can contribute to a greener planet. With reduced paper handling and travel for contract signing, the environment also wins when moving the contract process digital. If we can avoid unnecessary printing of documents, we can reduce the consumption of paper and forest, and we can also reduce unnecessary travel and distribution, which leads to reduced emissions.
5. Control and overview of the contracts
By using digital signing, you collect all contracts and get full control. It will be easy to get an overview of which agreements are out for signing, see which signatories have signed and remind those who have not yet signed. Finished agreements can be archived and are then available for easy retrieval when needed.
Ready to start signing digitally?
With Storegate, you get digital signing in a Swedish cloud service. This means that, in addition to the above-mentioned benefits, you also get a signing service that is GDPR-safe as all data storage takes place in Sweden. This makes it easy for you to comply with GDPR because you never have to worry about personal data being processed outside Sweden’s borders. The signing service is safe to use for both companies and the public sector, the service has full compliance with the requirements of confidentiality found in the Public Access and Secrecy Act (OSL), the Patient Data Act (PDL), the Social Services Act (SoL), the Education Act.
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