Screenshots get thrown out of Cyprus courts.
ProofSnap doesn't.

ProofSnap is a Chrome extension that captures web pages as legal evidence with blockchain timestamping, so the authenticity and integrity of the files can be checked independently.

ProofSnap uses OpenTimestamps to anchor a SHA-256 hash of your evidence to the Bitcoin blockchain, creating a cryptographic proof of when the capture was made. This timestamp is independently verifiable and cannot be backdated or tampered with, providing independently checkable proof that your evidence existed at a specific point in time.

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ProofSnap generates forensically sound evidence with cryptographic proofs aligned with eIDAS 2 standards for qualified timestamps and digital signatures. Admissibility depends on jurisdiction and specific legal requirements. Consult an advocate about your own case.

Regular screenshots can be challenged in court because they carry no proof of when they were taken or whether they have been altered. In Cyprus two things decide what happens next. Substantively, Cyprus is an EU member state, so eIDAS applies directly: under Article 41(2) a qualified electronic time stamp shall enjoy the presumption of the accuracy of the date and the time it indicates and the integrity of the data to which the date and time are bound, and a qualified time stamp from any provider on the EU Trusted List triggers that presumption here. Procedurally, the Civil Procedure Rules 2023 follow the English model, so a document is disclosed under Part 31 and its authenticity is the first thing an opponent will contest, with the burden falling on the party relying on it.

ProofSnap addresses this by creating a forensic evidence package containing a SHA-256 hash proving the content has not been modified, an RSA-4096 digital signature for authenticity, an eIDAS qualified timestamp issued by Disig a.s., a Qualified Trust Service Provider on the EU Trusted List, a Bitcoin blockchain anchor, and full metadata including the URL and the capture time in UTC. The presumption goes to the time and the integrity of the data rather than to admissibility in the round or to the truth of what the page said, so a court or an adjudicator still weighs the evidence. What it removes is the argument about when the capture was made and whether it changed afterwards.

ProofSnap uses three layers of cryptographic protection:

1. SHA-256 Hashing: Every file in the evidence package is hashed. Changing even a single pixel or character produces a completely different hash, making any tampering immediately detectable.
2. Digital Signature: The manifest (listing all files and their hashes) is digitally signed with a private key. The corresponding public key is included for anyone to verify authenticity.
3. Blockchain Timestamp: The manifest hash is anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via OpenTimestamps, creating an immutable record of when the evidence was captured. This timestamp cannot be forged or backdated.

Together, these mechanisms create a chain of integrity that proves the evidence is authentic, unaltered, and was captured at a specific point in time.

The eIDAS 2 regulation (EU 2024/1183) will be fully rolled out by the end of 2026, establishing stricter standards for electronic identification, digital signatures, and qualified electronic timestamps across all EU member states.

Under Article 41(2), a qualified electronic time stamp shall enjoy the presumption of the accuracy of the date and the time it indicates and the integrity of the data to which the date and time are bound. Cross-border effect rests on the internal market principle in Article 4 and on the fact that Article 41(2) applies in every member state. The presumption goes to the time and the integrity, not to the truth of what the page said, so a Cyprus court still weighs the evidence itself.

ProofSnap's cryptographic proofs align with eIDAS 2 requirements: SHA-256 hashing for data integrity, RSA-4096 digital signatures for authenticity, and blockchain timestamps via OpenTimestamps for independent time verification.

Yes. Cyprus is an EU member state, so Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 applies directly and needs no transposing statute. Article 41(2) provides that "a qualified electronic time stamp shall enjoy the presumption of the accuracy of the date and the time it indicates and the integrity of the data to which the date and time are bound". A party who wants to dispute when your capture was made, or whether it changed afterwards, has to displace that presumption with evidence.

Article 41(1) adds that an electronic time stamp cannot be denied legal effect and admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings solely because it is electronic or because it does not meet the requirements of a qualified time stamp. The Department of Electronic Communications is the supervisory body for trust services in Cyprus and keeps the national trusted list. The presumption covers the time and the integrity of the file, never the truth of the content, and it does not stop an opponent contesting authenticity under the Civil Procedure Rules 2023, which is what the hashes and the signed manifest answer.

Generally twelve months. An unlawful dismissal claim, the Cyprus term for what UK readers call unfair dismissal, is brought before the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, normally within twelve months of the dismissal, under the Termination of Employment Law of 1967. To claim compensation an employee needs at least 26 weeks of continuous employment with the same employer, and the tribunal can award up to two years' wages depending on age, length of service and the circumstances of the dismissal.

Twelve months sounds generous, but employer systems are locked on the day you leave, so the roster, the internal message thread, the HR portal entry and the manager's post are usually gone within hours. Capture them the same day, and disclose the package rather than a bare screenshot.

Complain to the firm first, and put it in writing within six months of the moment you knew or should have known about the act, because that is the Financial Ombudsman's own precondition. A Cyprus Investment Firm has to acknowledge your complaint in writing within five days and reply within two months, saying either that the complaint is resolved or why it needs more time, with three months from the complaint as the outer limit. If the answer does not satisfy you, take the matter to the Financial Ombudsman of the Republic of Cyprus, which handles complaints from consumers and micro-enterprises for a €20 fee and can deal with a difference of up to €250,000. The Ombudsman must receive the complaint within twelve months of the complaint you sent the firm, or within eighteen months of when you became aware of the act. CySEC separately states a four-month window from the firm's final response, so work to whichever deadline falls first.

What decides it is what you can produce: the terms and the risk warnings as they read on the day you accepted them, the order and transaction history, the margin-call or stop-out notices, the balance, the support chat and any account closure or verification notice. Firms update terms pages and close accounts while a complaint is running, so seal each of those before you send the complaint rather than after.

No Cyprus rule requires a certifying officer to certify a screenshot, and certification does not make a screenshot harder to challenge in the way people assume. Certification attests what was shown to the officer at a moment in time; it says nothing about whether the file changed afterwards.

A qualified electronic time stamp does the part that matters for evidence. Under Article 41(2) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, which applies directly in Cyprus, the date, the time and the integrity of the data bound to it are presumed, and the hashes let anyone confirm the files have not moved since. It is also the cheaper route: certification is billed per act, and a capture is not.

Sometimes, but you cannot rely on it. The Internet Archive crawls what it happens to crawl, so the page you need may never have been captured, may be captured without the images or the logged-in view, and may be excluded later at the site owner's request. There is no signature over the copy and no chain of custody, so an opponent can put you to proof of what the archive actually holds.

Where an archived copy does exist it is useful corroboration, and it costs nothing to cite alongside your own capture. What it does not give you is a hash, a signed manifest or a qualified timestamp over the exact bytes you are relying on, which is what turns "this is what the page said" into something the other side has to disprove.

Part 29 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2023 sets a simplified procedure where the amount in dispute is less than €10,000, which is where most consumer and small-business disputes end up. These claims are decided quickly and largely on the documents, so the party who can show what was actually offered, agreed and delivered is in a much stronger position than the one describing it from memory.

Capture the listing or the product page as it read when you ordered, the confirmation email, the chat with the seller or contractor, the payment page and any later change to the terms. Sellers edit listings and take pages down once a complaint starts, and a simplified track moves too fast to reconstruct a record afterwards.

The Financial Ombudsman of the Republic of Cyprus was established under Law 84(I)/2010. Eligible complainants are consumers and micro-enterprises, the fee is €20, and a complaint may concern a difference of up to €250,000. You must have complained to the institution in writing within six months of becoming aware of the act, and the Ombudsman must receive your complaint within twelve months of that complaint or eighteen months of becoming aware. The Ombudsman decides on the written file, so the file is the case.

Bring the firm's terms as they read when you signed up, the account and transaction history, the correspondence including the firm's final response, and any promotional page or bonus condition you are relying on. Capture each of them as a sealed package rather than as a screenshot, because a firm that is already in dispute with you can change a terms page or close your account before the Ombudsman ever sees it. If the firm fails altogether, the same records are what an Investor Compensation Fund claim needs.

Capture the terms page, the balance and the chat transcript on the day the dispute starts, then the withdrawal request itself, the rejection message, the bonus or margin condition the firm is relying on, and the verification requests it has sent you. Those are the seven things the firm's own compliance department, the Financial Ombudsman and, later, a court will all ask about, and every one of them lives inside an account the firm controls.

Only then complain to the firm, in writing, within six months of the moment you knew or should have known about the act. It must acknowledge your complaint within five days and reply within two months, saying either that the complaint is resolved or why it needs more time, with three months from the complaint as the outer limit. If the answer does not satisfy you, the Financial Ombudsman must receive your complaint within twelve months of the one you sent the firm, or eighteen months of when you became aware. ProofSnap does not recover money and does not act for you; it seals the record you bring to whoever does.

You generally have twelve months to bring an unlawful dismissal claim before the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, but your company account usually closes on your last day, so the deadline and the access window are nowhere near the same length. Capture while you are still logged in.

ProofSnap runs in the browser on the page you are already viewing, so a webmail thread, a Teams or Slack conversation, an intranet notice, the rota or an HR portal entry is captured as you see it, with the page source, the DOM text, hashes and a signed manifest. Take only what relates to your own dismissal and your own terms, capture it before you resign or hand back the laptop, and keep the package unopened. If the material belongs to the employer, an advocate will tell you what you may use and how it should be disclosed.

Capture the thread from WhatsApp Web before you block the number, including the profile, the phone number, the payment instructions and any link, dashboard or invoice you were sent. ProofSnap renders a long conversation as a continuous transcript with the page source and hashes, which is what a police report and a bank dispute both need, and it captures the linked site while it is still online.

Then report it through the Cyprus Police channel for cybercrime and to your payment provider. Cyprus has no automatic reimbursement scheme for a transfer you were tricked into making, so the strength of the file matters. Scam infrastructure is taken down within days of being reported, which is why the capture has to come before the report, not after it.

Capture the review, the reviewer's profile and their other reviews, your listing showing the rating before and after, and the date the review appeared. Reviewers edit and delete, and platforms remove content on their own schedule, so a review you complain about may be unrecognisable a week later.

A false statement in a review is a civil wrong under the Civil Wrongs Law, Cap. 148, and libel in permanent form is actionable per se, so you do not have to prove financial loss. The limitation period is one year. Where the reviewer is anonymous, identifying them means a disclosure order against the platform, which takes weeks, and the sealed capture is what keeps the original wording available while that runs.

Forensic mode is an optional deeper capture mode included in the Professional, Enterprise and Company plans (not in Essential or the SnapPacks).

It adds a complete archive of the page's network layer: every HTTP request and response (network.har), a WARC copy of the page, all loaded resources, and the full TLS certificate chain. To capture that it attaches the debugger (the browser shows a "being debugged" banner).

Every one of those files is hashed into the RSA-4096 signed manifest, so the OpenTimestamps blockchain anchor and the eIDAS qualified timestamp cover the network archive exactly as they cover the screenshot.