FAQs
DOCONCHAIN was founded in June 2019 and has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines. The Company has the goal to quickly expand in Southeast Asia and in other Emerging Regions.
DOCONCHAIN was created to solve current issues with other digital signature solutions. We bring higher security & privacy, flexible solutions, more control, innovative features, better user experience, at lower costs. Experience documents that are hack-proof, tracked and instantly verifiable. Control who can sign and see your documents.
DOCONCHAIN’s vision is to support all organizations in their digital transition to benefit from higher efficiency and competitiveness with significant time and cost savings. DOCONCHAIN is looking to first become the leader of digital signature in Asia and fast growing regions.
DOCONCHAIN was created by experts in Cybersecurity, IT System Architecture, Company management, Compliance, International Business development, and Finance. Our team is mostly composed of Technology software developers, Product designers and researchers, Software Quality Testers and Compliance officers.
Easily create and sign documents online with an efficient and user friendly interface. Documents are hack-proof, tracked, and authenticated. Users have full control on the security, privacy , branding, and communications settings.
Protect any document or file on the Blockchain to secure its integrity and timestamps. Share trusted copies that can be authenticated as original and non-tampered. (currently available for integration only)
Verify the authenticity of documents and access all crucial data such as user identities, events and timestamps, and more. DOCONCHAIN developed the most sophisticated verification system with various options: scan the QR Code, click the QR Code, upload the document or enter the code on the platform, automatic system to system.
Access all the information and events of a document: user roles and identities, events and timestamps, blockchain security keys, certificate of completion. You can also provide access to the document, passport and certificate.
Documents, data, events and user identities are secured on a hack-proof blockchain technology. Users can fully trust the integrity of the information they share and access.
Documents can be signed and accessed by guest users, this is the common scenario from other providers to provide as much ease of access as possible. We added the option to restrict the access of documents to designated users only who are required to identify themselves to preserve privacy. Document options can also be disabled for added control (no download, no printing, no sharing).
Most providers record basic events of documents and users but we go beyond as we believe more details will make the difference in any legal dispute. We track when a document is read, shared, downloaded, printed as well as the user account details, its device location and type.
Most providers have close to no way to authenticate documents or they are complex and outdated. We developed multiple simple ways: Scan or Click the QR Code, Upload the file or Input the file code in the platform.
Most providers developed their platform more than 10 years ago with outdated designs making the experience complicated and painful for most users. We developed our solutions to be intuitive, engaging, positive experiences.
Most providers developed their platform with traditional technologies, strict team structures in high paying countries. Their high costs of development are in their inherent design. We build our solutions with the latest technologies which are more secure, faster and cheaper (or they would not be invented!) and a agile and cost-effective team in the Philippines. We have cost of services in mind from the start and had it designed in our blueprints. We are in average 50% cheaper than competitors because we can and we want to provide secure solutions to most organizations, not only to those who can afford it.
A Digital Signature is an easy, convenient, and fast way for people to agree and sign documents online.
An Electronic Signature is a simple copy of a signature on a document, it is very easy, usually does not require any software or cost anything. But Electronic Signatures are not secured and encrypted, they do not store any events and timestamps, no identity of signers, cannot be integrated in workflows and take time to achieve. They are not legally binding.
A Digital Signature is an advanced process which requires a sophisticated software to embed a signature on a document, store and secure the document, its timestamp events and meta data, and the user identities. Digital Signatures can be integrated in complex workflows, software and systems and they usually have a high very cost. They are legally binding.
Yes, digital signatures are legally binding. They were officially recognized in 1996 with the United Nations Model Law on Electronic Commerce (MLEC), which equated their legal weight to traditional ink signatures. Many countries, including the United States, European Union, and others, have since implemented specific laws and regulations to govern the use of digital signatures.
Yes, digital signatures are legally recognized in the Philippines and are provided for in the Republic Act No. 8792 and the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (the “E-Commerce Act”) and its implementing rules and regulations.
The Electronic Commerce Act of 2000, along with its implementing rules, recognizes the legal validity of electronic signatures in the Philippines. The law provides a framework for using electronic signatures, and there are some court cases establishing specific precedents. Learn more here
All documents can be signed digitally. However, certain contracts may still require traditional notarization to be legally enforceable. This is particularly true for contracts that involve significant legal and financial implications such as land titles, deeds of sale, affidavits and sworn statements, and powers of attorney, among others.
