Confidentiality agreements and the electronic signature

Is it possible to sign a confidentiality agreement with the electronic signature?

As an HR manager, you often insert confidentiality clauses in draft employment or temporary collaboration contracts, prohibiting disclosure of commercial, legal, fiscal or financial information related to the company. But what about the information exchanged during the job interview? That too must be kept secret...

Signing a confidentiality agreement, before the face-to-face or telephone meeting, is the best way to secure these exchanges.

In this instance, time is paramount. Once you have set up an interview with a potential executive is set up, a confidentiality agreement regarding the terms of the upcoming discussion can be sent and signed immediately, thanks to the electronic signature. Candidates are sometimes located in another region or even in another country: the aim is to ensure that the exchanges remain secret. The electronic signature is the perfect answer...

The legal value of such an operation is recognised, and far superior to a simple letter that has been signed, scanned and sent back by email! The electronic signature is a process monitored and certified at European level. Companies approved to provide electronic signature solutions are responsible for authenticating the signatories and the signature process, and subsequently keeping an evidentiary signature file in an electronic safe for 10 years. In other words, maximum security...