Present the Certification as Legal Evidence
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How to present the Certification as Legal Evidence
🎯 Your Certification Options
ContentProtector.eu offers you two certification levels to adapt to your legal and budget needs:
📧 BASIC CERTIFICATION
Upload + Hash Only
💰 FREE
- ✅ Certified SHA-256 Hash
- ✅ Automatic confirmation email
- ✅ Dedicated certification page
- ✅ JSON file with technical metadata
- ⚠️ Legal value: This combination generates valid documentary evidence under EU legal framework and provides qualified probative value through subsequent forensic authentication activity when required.
💡 Ideal for: photos, documents and standard personal or professional materials
🔐 QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION
Digital Signature + Timestamp
💳 1 SIGNATURE FROM YOUR PLAN
- ✅ Certified SHA-256 Hash
- ✅ Qualified RFC 3161 Timestamp eIDAS compliant
- ✅ Downloadable .TSR file for verification
- ✅ EU regulation compliant
- 🏆 Legal value: Immediate and incontrovertible proof. We use qualified timestamp compliant with EU Regulation No. 910/2014 eIDAS and ETSI standards (EN 319 421 / EN 319 422). This qualified timestamp has full legal value throughout the European Union, certifies the certain date of file existence and constitutes evidence with qualified probative value enforceable against third parties under EU law.
🎯 Ideal for: Contracts, patents, creative works, legal documents, procedural evidence, music, books, software, projects…
⚡ Tip: Use qualified certification for important documents that might be used in European courts. Basic certification is perfect for everything else.
Demo: how ContentProtector.it works in practice
On this page you will find a complete preview of how ContentProtector.it works.
The first accordion panel below is already open and shows step by step the entire workflow:
file upload, certification with hash and (optional) qualified timestamp,
management in the private dashboard, and the final certificate with full legal value.
By scrolling further down, you can also explore the other 3 additional tabs:
- Are the certifications provided site-independent? – how we guarantee validity and verification outside the platform.
- Basic Certification with CERTIFIED COPY – reliable proof of authorship with digital fingerprint and attestation, without the cost of a timestamp.
- Qualified certification with TIMESTAMP – the advanced version, valid across the EU, compliant with RFC 3161/eIDAS.
Would you like to try ContentProtector for free?
Fill out the form below and we will contact you to complete the trial procedure together: you can send us your file to be certified and you will receive the complete forensic package (SHA-256 hash + eIDAS timestamp) directly via email. This allows us to verify your request, guarantee personalised assistance and maintain maximum security in the processing of your files. 🔒 Files uploaded for testing are used exclusively to generate forensic certification and are deleted within 7 days of delivery.
❓ Service usage images and certification page
With ContentProtector.eu, every file you upload is instantly certified and stored in your personal archive.
To give you a clear idea of how it works, here’s a practical example showing the main service screens.
1. File upload
From the Reserved Area you can upload your documents, images, videos, or audio files. Once the upload is complete, the system automatically generates the cryptographic hash and, if requested, applies the qualified digital timestamp. Your file remains secure in your personal storage, always accessible.
2. Certification list
In the My Certifications section, you’ll find a complete list of all your certified files. Here you can search, filter by date, check file sizes, and verify the SHA-256 hash linked to each document. It’s your personal archive, neatly organized and always ready for consultation or legal use.
3. Example certification
Each file has its own dedicated certification page, showing technical details (hash, timestamp, metadata, QR code, upload information). This document proves the authenticity and integrity of the content, ready to be used as evidence in legal or forensic contexts.
❓ Are the certifications provided site-independent?
Certifications created with ContentProtector are designed to remain valid even outside the platform.
Hash + Email → constitute technical evidence documenting the existence of a file at a specific date, but in case of disputes it will be necessary to request an authentic copy (from contacts menu) in order to make it fully admissible as legal evidence.
Hash + Email + Qualified Timestamp (QTSA, eIDAS compliant) → have autonomous legal value and are enforceable throughout the European Union, even if ContentProtector were no longer online. The qualified timestamp is issued by an accredited Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP) and retains its probative value regardless of our platform. The user is solely responsible for saving a copy of the certification page (e.g., “print as PDF” from the browser) together with all downloadable files therein, in order to ensure personal preservation.
In summary: with a qualified timestamp you are not dependent on our site, while without a timestamp our support remains necessary to grant full legal force to the certification.
❓ Basic Certification with CERTIFIED COPY
📧 How to Use Basic Certification as Legal Proof
⚠️ Important Disclaimer
Basic certification has limited probative value in European courts if an additional authentic copy is not performed. Therefore, to be presented in legal proceedings, it requires documentary support, a certification we can provide at the costs indicated here, to be fully effective under EU legal framework. It is still useful for establishing a temporal presumption and demonstrating good faith.
🎯 Legal Strategy for Basic Certification
📋 1. Document the Process
- Generate PDF of the certification page
- Save confirmation email received with hash value
- Note the certification page link
- Download the JSON file with technical metadata
🏛️ 2. European Legal Support
- Request Authentic Copy from our technical support
- Download the authentic copy
- Present the documentation with EU legal value
💡 Legal Expert Advice
Basic certification is an excellent starting point, but for truly important documents, invest in qualified certification. It costs only 1 credit but gives you immediate and unassailable legal proof valid across all EU member states.
❓Qualified certification with TIMESTAMP
🔐 How to Use Qualified Certification as Legal Proof
🏆 Decisive Advantage
Qualified certification with RFC 3161 eIDAS timestamp has immediate legal value and constitutes privileged evidence in European courts. No additional documentary support required.
🎯 Why It’s Legally Superior
🇪🇺 eIDAS Regulation
- EU Regulation 910/2014 – Legal recognition
- Qualified TSA – Certified authority
- RFC 3161 Standard – International protocol
- Non-repudiation – Impossible to contest
⚖️ Procedural Effects
- Legal presumption of validity
- Burden of proof reversal – opponent must contest
- Valid throughout EU – Cross-border
- Accepted by court experts – Recognized technical standard
📝 Documents Received
📦 Your Evidence Package Includes:
🔐 .TSR File
Qualified digital timestamp RFC 3161. This is the core of your legal proof.
📄 Certification Page
Complete document with all details, SHA-256 hash and technical information.
💾 JSON File
Complete technical metadata for detailed forensic verification.
⚖️ How to Present It in European Courts
📑 Documentary Evidence Template (Qualified Version)
“Evidence submitted to the court:
Documents to present – ContentProtector.eu qualified digital certification including:
a) PDF creation of the certification page
b) PDF creation of the certification email sent by the system
c) Download of the qualified eIDAS RFC 3161 Timestamp .TSR file
d) Download of the original file with SHA-256 hash
e) Download of the JSON file with complete technical metadata
This set of elements allows you to demonstrate the existence and integrity of the work at the date certified by
the qualified timestamp, compliant with eIDAS Regulation (EU 910/2014) and endowed
with legal presumption of validity under Article 41 of the Regulation itself.
Note: if you wish to document also the file opening with the IP tracking system offered by contentprotector.eu service, it is necessary to request, for a fee, an AUTHENTIC COPY of the email with tracking data sent at each file opening.
🔍 Independent Verification
🔬 For Court Experts
The .TSR file can be independently verified at any qualified TSA to confirm date, time and timestamp integrity. You can check .TSR files using our tool here.
⚖️ For Legal Professionals
Qualified certification reverses the burden of proof: the opponent must demonstrate that it is not valid.
🎯 Specific Use Cases
📝
Contracts
Proof of original version
🎨
Creative Works
Copyright protection
💡
Patents
Prior art and precedence
📧
Email/Documents
Procedural evidence
🏆 The Definitive Advantage
With qualified certification you have complete and immediate legal proof. No doubts, no contestation, no additional support required.
Open the two boxes above to read the differences!