Electronic signature –current trends in facilitating online access to electronic services and legal documents

Abstract

The electronic signature is the result of the emergence of the need to individualize and have the quality of the subject in the online environment. Technological progress has revolutionized and boosted legal, social and commercial relationships to be cloned in the online environment as well, in this sense there has been a need to formalize these relationships and ensure the security of people in the online environment. In this study, we aim to analyze the evolution of the electronic signature through the lens of the European legal framework and the transposition of the European legal framework into the legislation of the Republic of Moldova. In the conclusions, the author will come up with recommendations to the challenges and legislative gaps identified in the legal norms in force.