Digital deliveries/mails
Understanding different types of digital deliveries: regular mail, ERDS and QERDS.
We distinguish 3 types of digital deliveries, based on different levels of
attachment alteration, electronic identification and legal weight.
BASIC
REGULAR MAIL OR
NORMAL E-MAILING
E.g., regular email with an attachment.
ADVANCED
ELECTRONIC REGISTERED DELIVERY
OR ERDS
E.g., digital version of a sealed letter.
HIGHLY ADVANCED
QUALIFIED ELECTRONIC REGISTERED DELIVERY
OR QERDS
E.g., digital version of a registered delivery
Go paperless! Deliver contracts digitally and legally.
Secure digital contracts ensure exclusive access for the intended recipient, guarding against unauthorized access and potential consequences of alterations.
electronic registered delivery or ERDS
As sender, you have no guarantee that the content and recipients of your e-mail will not be altered.
- The content cannot be altered
- No identity verification
- Receive an evidence report
qualified electronic registered delivery or QERDS
As sender, digitalize your official paper registered delivery, go paperless and stay compliant with the law.
- The content cannot be altered
- Identity verification
- Receive an evidence report; prove that there was a delivery of content, on a specific time and date to a specific person.
Digitalize and secure your communications with ERDS and QERDS
New to ERDS and QERDS? Our concise overview helps you confidently choose the right registered delivery option.
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The biggest difference between regular email and secure email is the eIDAS legal framework.
Regular emails lack legal validity due to potential third-party manipulation.
EIDAS enables you to create an ERDS or QERDS, adding legal weight to your digital data transfer.
Advantages of ERDS and QERDS
CONTENT AND/OR ATTACHMENT
CANNOT BE ALTERED
RECIPIENTS
CANNOT BE CHANGED
RECIPIENT(S) ARE OBLIGATED
TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE
RECEIVE AN EVIDENCE REPORT
OF YOUR QERDS
Compared to document sealing?
Basically an electronic seal is a certificate that is linked to a company instead of a person.
In Belgium, the qualified electronic seal gets the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature of the natural person who represents the legal person that created the seal. This means that, apart from the authentication and integrity of the seal (see eIDAS) also non-repudiation is ensured.