Digital signing

In Estonia, the BDOC format and its two subformats are used for digital signatures, which can be recognised by .bdoc and .asice file extensions.

In Estonia, the term “digital signature” (i.e. digi-signature, digital signing, etc.) refers only to a signature that is legally valid and legally equivalent to a handwritten signature.

Many programs (Microsoft Word, Open Office, Thunderbird, Adobe Reader) offer the possibility to give digital signature/signing the document. Unfortunately these signatures are not legally valid, as there is no validity confirmation.  Digital Signature law on paragraph…