Trust & legal

Knowing where a copy came from

XOsign can register every copy of a document it hands out — each download, print or attachment gets its own serial — so a page that turns up somewhere can be traced back to the copy it came from.

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Once a file leaves your hands it usually stops being yours. XOsign keeps the thread: every copy it hands out is registered, and every copy carries a mark of its own.

  • Every export is on the record — a download, a print, an email attachment — each with its own serial and a note of who took it, when, and from where.
  • The mark travels with the paper. It survives printing, photocopying and scanning, and it is not a stamp across your page.
  • Somebody hands you a page and you want to know where it came from? Paste the serial, or drop the file in — it is read inside your own browser and never uploaded — and XOsign names the copy.
  • You can also share a document as a tracked link instead of handing over the file, and see when it was opened and which pages were read.

Traceability is rolling out and is not switched on for every account. If you don’t see it on your documents, it isn’t enabled for you yet — ask us and we’ll tell you where it stands.

XOsign provides AI-assisted document tools and is not a law firm. This article is general product information, not legal advice.

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