F.A.Q.

1. What is the eIDAS Regulation?

Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (the eIDAS Regulation) went into force on 1 July, 2016 having 'direct effect'-in other words, being mandatory and wholly adopted in all EU member states, with precedent over any conflicting national laws. It replaces the eSignature Directive (1999/93/EC) and establishes an EU-wide legal framework for electronic signatures and a range of newly defined electronic "trust services".

2. What is a Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP)?

Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP) means a Trust Service Provider who provides one or more qualified trust services and is granted the qualified status by the Supervisory Body.

3. What is an EU Qualified Timestamp Service?

An electronic time stamp is data in electronic form which binds other data in electronic form to a particular time establishing evidence that the latter data existed at that time. As part of the eIDAS Regulation, a time stamp can be qualified. Following stricter requirements laid down in eIDAS, a qualified electronic time stamp enjoys the presumption of the accuracy of the date and the time it indicates and the integrity of the data (e.g. signed document) to which the date and time are bound.
Zipper Services is a provider of qualified timestamping services in accordance with the provisions of the European Regulation 910/2014 (eIDAS).

4. How can I get a qualified electronic time stamp?

Qualified time stamps are provided as part of a service, provided by Zipper Services as qualified trust service provider (QTSP).

5. What is the validation process?

Zipper validation process is based on the ETSI standard EN 319 102-1. It is driven by the validation policy and allows long term signature validation. It not only verifies the existence of certain data and their validity, but it also checks the temporal dependencies between those elements. The signature check is done following basic building blocks. At the end of the validation process four reports are created. They contain different detail levels concerning the validation result. They provide different kinds of visions for the validation process: macroscopic, microscopic, validation data and ETSI Validation report conformant with the standard.