The Land Registry will build the capabilities for electronic signatures to create digital mortgages , it said in a blog post . To comply with EU regulations , e - signatures must be uniquely linked to the signatory , must be capable of identifying the signature , must be created using software that only the signatory can control , and must be linked to the signed data in such a way that any subsequent change in data is detectable . By EU law , an e - signature can not be witnessed , so its certification instead lies in the integrity of the data that has been signed .
The Land Registry will build the capabilities for electronic signatures to authenticate digital mortgages, it said in a blog post. To comply with EU regulations, e-signatures must be uniquely linked to the signatory, must be capable of identifying the signatory, must be created using data that only the signatory can control, and must be linked to the signed data in such a way that any subsequent change in data is detectable. By EU law, an e-signature cannot be witnessed, so its certification instead lies in the integrity of the data that has been signed.