According to Art. 14 para. 2bis of the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR; SR 220), the qualified electronic signature (QES) is equivalent to the handwritten signature. The QES can therefore be used to legally sign all documents that were previously signed by hand.

To activate the qualified signature, a one-time personal identification is required. This can currently be done by trained employees (RA agents) and in selected Swisscom stores. For the confirmation of the signature in the Blink process, you need a Mobile ID. You can activate it here: https://www.mobileid.ch/de

As a certified trust service provider, Swisscom creates a new electronic certificate with a cryptographic key pair for each signature process. The certificate is an attestation that assigns the public key of the asymmetric cryptographic key pair to you. Only you have the activation data with which you can use the private key using an authentication method associated with your identity (e.g. Mobile ID or SMS authentication method). As soon as you enter the activation data after a corresponding request, Swisscom creates the qualified electronic signature for you, which is used with blink.

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Accessing business documents and positioning the visual signature on the document works much better on the desktop computer than on the cell phone. That's why Blink is optimized for the desktop computer.

Blink does not require a login. In the first step, you enter your mobile number. Blink checks whether it is already activated for the qualified signature. If not, a one-time identification procedure and the activation of the mobile ID is necessary.

According to Art. 14 para. 2bis of the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR; SR 220), the qualified electronic signature (QES) is equivalent to the handwritten signature. This means that all documents that were previously signed by hand can be legally signed.

Uploaded documents on Blink are only encrypted and stored in the Swiss cloud for as long as is necessary for the signature process. After successful completion or after the set period for a signature process has expired, the data is deleted again. Therefore, it is important that you download and save your document after completing the signature process on Blink.

Blink does not store any data permanently, but only for as long as is necessary for the signature process. The data is encrypted and stored in the Swiss cloud. For the signature, your mobile number is checked and an electronic signature is created via Swisscom Trust Services. Once the process is complete, the data is deleted

On Blink, you place a visual electronic signature on your document in the second step. This contains your name and the confirmation that it is a qualified electronic signature based on an electronic certificate created by Swisscom.

All necessary information can be found here: https://trustservices.swisscom.com/signature-service/

Yes and No. Of course, your counterparty can print out the document and sign it by hand. However, both documents must be kept afterwards, because a printed copy is not sufficient for a possible verification of your electronic signature. This means that you need a copy with your original electronic signature (and the associated intact certificate), and a copy with the handwritten signature of the other party. Thus, the printout of your counterparty ultimately generates more effort.

Yes, your signature can be added to the PDF via Blink.

Decisive for the validation of the qualified electronic signature is the official validator of the Confederation, which can be used free of charge: https://www.e-service.admin.ch/validator/upload/all/de

Yes. Blink can be implemented at any organization. The employees of Ajila AG, a subsidiary of Swisscom, are available for this purpose: https://www.ajila.com/kontakt/

• The identification document with which you identified yourself is no longer valid. ACTION: Have yourself identified again with a new and valid ID document.
• Your Mobile ID is no longer valid. ACTION: Check Mobile ID status on https://www.mobileid.ch/de/login Mobile ID. If Mobile ID is inactive, Mobile ID must be activated first. If Mobile ID is renewed (new SIM), physical identification must be done again.
• All-in-Signing terms and conditions were not accepted. These were sent to all users via SMS. ACTION: Have the user identified again and accept the AGBs afterwards. AGBs must be signed within 15 days, if you do not do this, your identification will be deleted and a re-identification must be done.
• You have a new mobile phone number. ACTION: Re-identify, because identification is linked to mobile number.
• Your SIM card has been ported. ACTION: Identify again.
• The identification at that time was done by video identification. Video identification was valid only during COVID-19 imd temporarily. A new identification is necessary.