Digital Law – Linley James Solicitors

Digital law recognises an individuals electronic responsibility for their actions and deeds, irrespective of their ethical or unethical instrumentation. Digital law is often driven by contractual relationships from online agreements between private individuals and businesses. One significant part of digital Law is data privacy and breaches of data protection measures. Others include the ease of creating a false online presence or signing documents on behalf of another.

Developing areas now include intellectual property rights and more recently creating electronic Lasting Powers of Attorney.

What is the becoming increasingly noticed is the need for digital solutions. There is a rise in cybercrime (both personal and business), digital theft, exploitation of online data and safeguarding issues regarding vulnerable adults.

A shift in the society’s mindset has created digital native values driving future digital needs. Regulations governing digital law often lag behind digital advancements. To cope with this developing digital world we provide legal support to businesses and individuals to help them protect themselves from digital exploitation.

Cyber Crime

Linley James Solicitors can advise you are on managing online breaches and data theft, together with e-signatures and digital signature problems.

Signing an online document uses one of two formats, an electronic signature or a digital signature; these are different and should not be used interchangeably. The electronic signature is linked to the signer’s name, their computer, email address and IP address. Unlike a digital signature which comes with a digital certificate and public key infrastructure.

Whilst e-signatures come with an amount of security, such as a two or three-step authentication process they are not without problems or open to fraud. For example, did that person actually sign this document, the document which was supposedly signed the contents of changed, the document was never seen by that person. It is quite possible to recreate an electronic document which someone has seemingly signed which is completely false.