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Law 18.600 of 21 September 2009, published on 5 November 2009, on the electronic document and the electronic signature, their admissibility, validity, and efficacy, sets the current rules. Article 1 recognizes those effects and says certification services are not subject to prior authorization. It does not replace notarial public faith and does not alter preexisting law on the formation or validity of acts. Article 2(J) defines an electronic signature as electronic data annexed or logically associated that the signer uses as a means of identification. Article 4 says electronic documents satisfy the writing requirement and have the same legal effects as written documents, except legally established exceptions. Article 5 says an electronic signature has legal effect when the parties that use it admit it as valid, or when the person against whom the electronically signed document is opposed accepts it. Parties may agree conditions. If one party denies the signature, the other must prove its validity. The standard inSigner signature is an electronic signature under article 2(J). It is not an advanced electronic signature under article 2(K). Whether a given document is valid still depends on the document and the law that governs it. inSigner does not decide that question.

Article 2(K) defines an advanced electronic signature as one that identifies the signer through exclusive knowledge, is created under exclusive control, can be verified by a third party, can show a later alteration, and is created with a technically secure device based on a recognized certificate that is valid at the time of signing. Article 2(C) defines a recognized certificate as an electronic certificate issued by an accredited certification-service provider. Article 6 gives that signature the same validity and efficacy as a handwritten signature on a public instrument, or on a private instrument with certified signatures, when it is authenticated with a recognized certificate from an accredited provider, the document keeps integrity and non-repudiation, and exclusive control lasts during the certificate's validity. The date has full faith only with an accredited electronic time-stamp. Article 12 creates the Unidad de Certificación Electrónica as a desconcentrated organ of AGESIC. inSigner is not UCE and is not an accredited certification-service provider. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option and is not a Uruguayan advanced electronic signature.

Each person signs the fields you placed on the document you sent. The evidence record keeps their name and email or phone, when the document was sent, viewed, and signed, the IP address, the device data, 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. The hash shows whether the final file still matches. It is not an advanced electronic signature under article 2(K), and it is not encryption. Article 5 says an electronic signature has legal effect when the parties accept it, and that the party who asserts the signature must prove it if the other denies it. The hash does not by itself decide that article or article 6.

No. Essential and Pro use a simple electronic signature. Article 2(K) and article 6 of Law 18.600 treat an advanced electronic signature as one created with a recognized certificate from an accredited certification-service provider. inSigner is not that provider. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option, priced separately, and it is not a Uruguayan advanced electronic signature. It is not on Essential or Pro.

No. Article 6 says an advanced electronic signature has the same validity as a handwritten signature on a public instrument or on a private instrument with certified signatures. Article 7 leaves the notarial use of an advanced electronic signature to the Suprema Corte de Justicia. Article 8 lets State bodies use a simple or an advanced electronic signature, except constitutional or legal solemnities that cannot be electronic or that require the personal presence of the authority. Article 1 says the Act does not replace notarial public faith. inSigner does not act as a notary, does not witness a signature, and does not file a document in a public registry. Your counsel decides the form a document needs.

Not by itself. Accepting the electronic process in inSigner records consent to sign that document. It does not, by itself, turn the signature into an electronic signature that the other party must accept under article 5, and it does not create an advanced electronic signature under article 2(K) or article 6. inSigner does not decide those points for you.

No. For the documents you send, you decide the purpose. inSigner does not write your privacy notice and does not make a workflow compliant with Uruguayan privacy or data protection law, including Law 18.331. Nubesti handles the account, billing, security, support, and marketing. Do not use the product by default for patient forms, clinical consent, account opening, credit decisions, or KYC. Identity checks are add-ons priced separately. There is no public status page and no uptime percentage. The mobile apps are planned, not a public download.