How does e-TimeStamp differ from a notary?
Many people have historically used a notary to protect Intellectual Property. A notary is defined in many countries as a witness to a person’s presence and that they voluntarily applied their signature to a page. The notary is not commonly a witness to the contents of your document, for example, they don’t read each page of the document. Now, using a digital approach, the local notary method can be updated with an e-TimeStamp where the content of a computer file can be authenticated. e-TimeStamp provides unequivocal proof that the contents of any computer file existed at a point-in-time and have not changed since that time. The digital stamp is virtually impossible to forge. A single e-TimeStamp can handle 1-1000 or more pages right from your computer – verifying the exact contents. The paper forms and cost associated with a notary is just old-fashioned for proving data authentication. Digital time stamp services are not regulated by governement authorities are not always a substiture
