Digital signature set to be launched today

Kathmandu December 2- The government is all set to launch digital signature on Wednesday. A digital signature is a special government certified identification code which is used to authenticate digital information such as documents, e-mail messages by the sender or the signatory to a document and ensures that the document is unchanged and genuine.

Once digital signature comes into effect, it will help make electronic correspondence and transactions legitimate. Though the digital signature will be launched on Wednesday, the general public will be able to get one for themselves in around three weeks.

For signing a document digitally, one needs to acquire a digital ID. This identity can be acquired from the authorized certification authority. Once a person has an ID in place, he/she can register it with programs like Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Outlook among others that support digital signatures. One can use feature ‘Sign’ to add the digital signature to those documents which will carry validity. Such documents can also be presented in the court as proof. The digital signature will be implemented under Electronic Transaction Act 2006 and Electronic Transaction Rules 2007.  Source: TKP