A. "Approved list of certification authorities" means the list of certification authorities approved by the California Secretary of State to issue certification for digital signature transactions involving public entities in California.

B. "Certification authority" means a person or entity that issues certification for the digital signature transaction.

C. "Digital signature" has the same meaning as in Section 16.5 of the California Government Code and means a digital identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual or wet signature.

D. "Signer" means the person who signs a digitally signed communication with the use of an acceptable technology to uniquely link the message with the person sending it.

E. "Technology" means the computer hardware and/or software-based method or process used to create the digital signature. (Ord. 710 §§1, 2, 2020).