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eIDAS 2.0: 21 May 2026 deadline for remote digital seals
On 21 May 2026 the eIDAS 2.0 deadline for remote qualified signature and seal devices expires. Technical obligations for QTSPs and downstream businesses.

Italy’s deepfake law 132/2025: what changed after the Meloni case
Italy's law 132/2025 introduces a criminal offence for non-consensual AI deepfakes. What the law covers, the Meloni case, and how corporations should respond.

Virtual vehicle inspection: how certified photos prevent insurance fraud
Virtual vehicle inspections relying on uncertified photos are structurally vulnerable to AI manipulation. Learn how source-side certification protects insurers.

Trust by design: building SaaS products with verifiable integrity from the first line of code
Trust by design for SaaS: five architectural primitives for verifiable integrity, forensic audit trail and GDPR, NIS2, AI Act compliance in a single layer.

Deepfakes: what they are, how they work, and how to defend against them
What deepfakes are, how they are made, real fraud examples, and how to tell a manipulated video from an authentic one, plus source-certification defenses.

Digital evidence in Spanish civil procedure: cadena de custodia under article 326 LEC and eIDAS
How article 326 LEC, Ley 6/2020 and eIDAS shape digital-evidence admissibility in Spanish civil courts: presumption, chain of custody, QTSP integration.

PEC in court: legal weight, challenges and source-level certification
PEC probative value in court: what it proves, how it can be challenged, how to certify attachments at the source with forensic methodology and QTSP...

Short-Term Rental Documents: The Complete Guide for Hosts in 2026
Short-term rental documents hosts must collect, sign and archive: ID, contract, privacy, condition photos, AirCover and Booking claims.

Digital evidence in German civil procedure: chain of custody under § 371a ZPO and eIDAS
Verbatim explainer of § 371a ZPO, eIDAS Article 25, GoBD and Beweiskette: how digital evidence holds up in German civil and criminal courts.

How chain of custody for digital evidence works in UK proceedings
How chain of custody for digital evidence works under ACPO Principle 3, CPR Part 31 and Practice Direction 31B in UK courts and tribunals.

Image authentication for enterprises: the four levels that secure your visual assets
How enterprises authenticate images: from EXIF checks to qualified timestamps and chain of custody, and which method actually holds up as evidence.

Voice cloning corporate fraud: the verifiable defense for CFOs after the Arup case
After the Arup 25.6M deepfake fraud, voice cloning targets corporate finance: the defense for CFOs with certified voice baseline and out-of-band rules.

Data integrity in the AI era: why source certification rewrites the paradigm
Classic data integrity falls short in the generative AI era. Source certification extends the guarantee to the moment data is born.

EU e-Evidence Regulation for Service Providers: Obligations, Orders, and Cross-Border Cooperation
TSTrueScreen editorial teamPublished on April 21, 2026 · Updated on [...]

PageFreezer vs TrueScreen: web archiving or forensic certification?
PageFreezer archives websites continuously for compliance. Forensic certification produces single pieces of evidence usable in court. How to choose.

The 5 best forensic web capture tools in 2026: honest comparison
How to choose forensic web capture software: what to look for to preserve web pages and online content as digital evidence with legal value.

Screenshots as Criminal Evidence: Italian Supreme Court Ruling and Forensic Acquisition
When screenshots become admissible evidence in criminal proceedings: forensic acquisition, hash, qualified timestamp per ISO 27037 and eIDAS.

What the ACPO Guide Requires for UK Digital Evidence
The ACPO Good Practice Guide for digital evidence: the four principles for handling digital evidence in the UK and how to apply them in practice.

Synthetic identity fraud: defending onboarding from AI-driven attacks
Synthetic identity fraud is outpacing traditional KYC. Why financial institutions need documents certified at the source against AI-generated identities.

Certified Data Room: how forensic audit trails turn a data room into admissible evidence
Standard VDRs track access but cannot prove document authenticity. A certified data room seals both content and interactions for legally admissible evidence.
Insights

How to fake a screenshot: date, place and messages that were never there

How to remove C2PA Content Credentials from an image, a video or a PDF, and what you actually gain

How to change a photo’s date, location and camera in the metadata, and why it proves nothing

How to edit (or wipe) the metadata of an MP4 or a PDF, and what a forensic reader still sees

FRE 902(13) and 902(14): When an Electronic Record Authenticates Itself

APP Fraud Evidence: What to Secure When a Hacked Account Asks You for Money

Challenging the authenticity of an electronic document: what actually shifts the burden

Education Verification in Hiring: What a Registry Check Cannot Prove
Move-out inspection report: how to prove rental damage

Vacation rental scams: certify the listing, chat and payments before they vanish

Unauthorized account access: what to document before you reset credentials

Forensic Capture of Password-Protected Web Pages: Portals and Private Areas

Submitting video evidence to police: what to hand over and in what format

WhatsApp voice notes as court evidence: legal value and how to certify audio messages

Advanced electronic signature with national eID: legal value for businesses and professionals

Certified email formal demand: evidentiary value and common challenges

AI liability insurance: why data certification is a prerequisite for coverage

eIDAS 2.0 Timestamp Requirements: What Changes for QTSPs and Businesses

Graphometric signature in 2026: is it still valid in court and when is it worth adopting

