Secure, reliable digital archiving
There are no uniform legal regulations on digital archiving. Given that tax and commercial law allows the storage of relevant documents in a digital archive, civil law does not (fully) recognize a digital archive of the same quality as a certificate.
A suitable digital archive must include a log, a password-protected system, a protected database and the use of an unalterable storage medium. The digitally archived document thus obtains the same legal status. In other words, the document counts as proof of trust.
However, only the qualified electronic signature raises the electronic document to the status of a certificate. It also protects it against counterfeiting and unequivocally verifies its authenticity. Therefore, it is more reliable than a conventional signature.