Secure Online Notarizations

One of the top concerns for our clients at Aim Notary is the security of their personal and business information. Having a document notarized results in the sharing of personal identification that is private and many are reluctant to share this information through modern technology. Aim Notary understands that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the world and our clients have every right to be concerned about their personal and professional information. Aim Notary employees also share personal information when notarizing documents; therefore, Aim Notary feels double the responsibility to not only protect our clients, but to also protect our employee’s personal information. Therefore, security is our top priority at Aim Notary.

Aim Notary uses Agora for our online video conferencing needs with our customers. Agora powers an average of over 40,000,000,000 per month in human connections. Agora’s network monitors activity in real time and automatically selects the most efficient routing path for our customers. Agora is compatible with all popular development platforms and mobile-device friendly with minimal battery consumption. Agora’s platform is reliable with over 99.99% uptime, which allows Aim Notary to meet with our customers anytime of the day or night with little to no interruption in service. The best part about using Agora for our customers is that there is no need for our customers to download additional applications for software in order to be able to chat with us. This platform allows a seamless process to occur between Aim Notary and our customers!

Aim Notary also uses SSL encryption throughout our site to maintain security standards. SSL are essential to securing internet browser connections and transactions through data encryption. SSL standard security technology works behind the scenes to keep our clients’ transactions and login information secure. This technology is invisible to our clients, as a process called the SSL handshake creates a protected connection between web servers and web browsers nearly instantaneously every time you visit our website. Websites that are secured by an SSL certificate will display HTTPS and the small padlock icon on the browser address bar. You will find this on every link you visit within Aim Notary’s website. SSL certificates are used to protect both the client’s information while it’s in transfer, and to authenticate the websites organization identity to ensure that our clients and employees are interacting with our legitimate website.

Now that we have talked about some of the more in-depth ways that Aim Notary ensures that our customers and employees personal and business information remains secure, let’s talk about other ways online notarization can be more secure than traditional in-person notarization. The most important job of a notary is to validate the identification of each signer prior to moving forward in the notarization process. A traditional notary validates the signer’s identification through matching the signer with a valid photo identification card which must include a signature. While this method has been in place for many years, it also poses some concerns which remote online notarization is able to remove. With online notarization through Aim Notary, our signers are asked to verify their identity through a state-of-the-art identification process, that asks them to verify information that is personal and should only be known to the signer. Those questions must be answered correctly prior to connecting with an online remote notary public. The signer must also take a picture of their photo id and upload it to the website for further identification verification. Once the signer has successfully identified themselves, then they will be connected to a remote online notary public, who will then ask the signer to hold their identification up to the camera and the remote online notary will complete an additional identification check. 

As you can see, there are multiple levels to verifying the identity of our signers, making it all the more difficult for an individual to falsify who they are. Aim Notary goes a step further and records and stores all video notarization acts for our client’s protection. Aim Notary stores all of these sessions in our database in case of a dispute in which a notarization must be verified. Aim Notary and Aim Notary employees do their due diligence to ensure that all of our client’s information is secure, while still providing our clients with the best customer service in the online notary field. Aim Notary wants our customers to feel secure throughout the entire process of having their document remotely notarized.

It is normal to be apprehensive about new technology; however, rest assured that our remote online notaries are fully trained and prepared to notarize your documents. Aim Notary’s remote online notaries are familiar with the process and procedures and the legalities of the remote online notarization process. Aim Notary’s goal is to provide all customers with the utmost privacy and security while assisting them with conducting both personal and professional business.