digital signitures on someone elses device?

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November 8, 2019
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I am trying to set up my office so that we can be paperless. Im working on converting our paper forms to digital so that intake documents can be filled out and signed on an ipad.

The question I have is how do I set it up so that a new client can sign a document on my office ipad but it will still have the certificates and everything for the highest level of compliance. one of the documents is a HIPPA authorization and I know they have stringent requirements so that a simple e-signature wouldnt pass muster but a traceable digital signature would.

How do I go about being able to have a client digitally sign a document with a certificate on a device that does not belong to him?

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ls_rbls

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You don't.

Just have the user create a digital certificate that is unique to him or her, and enforce signature verification in the PDF document.

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joshs64112497Author

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Can they create a unique digital certificate in Acrobat for ipad? and if so can you create multiple unique certificates on the same device?

And is enforcing verification a property I would add to the field on the front end or is it something that is done post-signature?

ls_rbls

Community Expert

I have to correct what i meant by digital certificate.

Using digital certificates is not supported in the mobile app to electronically sign a document.

I think only the military has a version of AndroidOS, and a DoD authorized common access card reader that is able to attach the Android mobile device's microUSB port (or the charger).

I personally haven't seen this released yet for the general public since it involves a lot of extra layers of encryption and digital certificate verification at the time of applying the signature using a CAC Card.

But what I meant initially, is that yes, you can electronically sign any document with the Acrobat mobile app using Adobe Fill & Sign. It allows the user to draw a signature and apply it as a signature field.

Now, because you have mentioned that HIPPA laws are involved in your office document preparation workflow you need to enforce a secure signature and review workflow between your office and the users that will be signing such documents.

To do this securely, you need to use the Adobe Sign app.

See this links on how it applies with iPad devices:

https://answers.acrobatusers.com/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-certificate-to-sign-a-pdf-on-an-iPad-q209080.aspx

Also take a look here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/capture-and-sync-your-signature.html

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