Legal
Are contracts signed using electronic signatures such as MitID legally binding?
Yes, signing contracts using electronic signatures is just as legally binding and much more secure. It's also faster, of course. In reality, you rarely receive a contract on paper anymore. Just as companies and lawyers negotiate externally using phones and emails, contracts are printed, signed with a pen, scanned and emailed, and then a lawyer merges the various scans at the end of a PDF file containing the contract. This cumbersome practice has lasted for many years, although it's wrong on so many levels. The eIDAS Regulation establishes a framework for electronic signatures throughout Europe.
