What information is included in a digital signature?

The digital signature includes:

• Name of Signatory
• Email of the signatory
• Signing reason selected/entered by the Signatory
• The Signatory’s location may also be included depending on the document’s certificate policy and whether the Signatory has entered that information into his/her profile
• Certificate information
• Time the signature was applied
  – Time the certificate was validated
• Whether or not a path from the Signatory’s certificate to an Issuer’s certificate was successfully built
• A unique computed value, which represents the version of the document the signature applies to.

I have digitally signed the document. Am I required to sign the same document with a pen?

After signing digitally, you do not need to sign the document with a pen. Your digital signature is legally binding and carries the same legal strength as your ink signature.