Electronic signatures in AustraliaBuilt for business
across Australia.

For many commercial agreements, yes. Section 8 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 says that, for a law of the Commonwealth, a transaction is not invalid because it took place wholly or partly by electronic communication. Section 10 lets a signature required by a law of the Commonwealth be met electronically when the method, reliability, and consent conditions are met. States and territories have their own Acts, and those Acts are not all named the Electronic Transactions Act. The standard inSigner signature is a simple electronic signature. Its effect still depends on the document and on the law that governs it.

If a law of the Commonwealth requires a person's signature, that requirement can be met for an electronic communication when the method identifies the person and indicates their intention about the information. The method must be as reliable as appropriate in the circumstances, including any relevant agreement, or be proven in fact to have done that, alone or with further evidence. If a Commonwealth entity requires a particular technology, that requirement must be met. If the signature must be given to a private person, that person must consent to the method. inSigner records acceptance of its own signing process. That acceptance is not the consent section 10 asks of the person who must receive the signature, and inSigner does not decide whether the method is reliable enough.

Each person signs the fields you placed in the document you sent. The evidence record keeps their name and email address or phone number, when the document was sent, viewed, and signed, the IP address and device details, and the authentication used.

Yes. You can download the completed PDF and the evidence record, including a SHA-256 hash of the final file. If a single byte changes, the hash no longer matches.

No. Australian law does not use the European levels of simple, advanced, and qualified signatures, and it does not give a qualified signature the effect of a handwritten signature. The standard inSigner signature is a simple electronic signature. Qualified signatures for Europe, and the AATL check, are Enterprise options. They are not on Essential or Pro, and this page does not present that European option as an Australian certificate.

No. Deeds, witnessing, wills, and some company or registry documents follow extra rules, and those rules are not the same in every state and territory. inSigner does not supply a witness, and it does not file documents with a land registry or with ASIC.

No. For the documents you send, you are the controller and Nubesti is the processor under the data processing agreement, which applies to any data protection law that applies, including the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner oversees that Act. inSigner does not decide whether your workflow meets it, and it does not write your notices. Nubesti is the controller for the account, billing, security, support, and marketing.

No. This page does not offer patient forms, clinical consent, account opening, or credit agreements as a regulated program. Identity checks such as KYC are add-ons priced separately, not the default. inSigner does not publish an uptime percentage or a public status page, and it does not decide the legal effect of a document.