Screenshots get thrown out of court.
ProofSnap doesn't.

ProofSnap is a Chrome and Edge extension that captures any web page as court-ready digital evidence for UK proceedings. Each capture is hashed with SHA-256, signed with RSA-4096 and timestamped by Disig a.s., a Qualified Trust Service Provider on the EU Trusted List, whose qualified timestamp is treated as qualified under UK assimilated law in 2026.

ProofSnap captures a page in about 41 seconds. Three capture options: single page, multi-tab browsing session (with per-tab forensic packages), or signed video proof (Auto, Manual, or Session-wide screen recording). Every capture includes a SHA-256 cryptographic hash, RSA-4096 digital signature, Bitcoin blockchain timestamp via OpenTimestamps, and a Provenance Certificate with 8 integrity checks for deepfake detection.

In the United Kingdom the presumption arises as a matter of UK domestic law, not because EU law applies here, and most people get that backwards. The trust services chapter of eIDAS was kept in UK law by the Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/89), and Article 24A of the assimilated Regulation, inserted by that instrument with effect from 31 December 2020, expressly provides that for the purposes of Article 41(2) something qualified under EU law is to be treated as qualified here. Article 41(2) as it has effect in UK law reads: "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."

In England and Wales the rest of the framework is ordinary evidence law. Section 8 of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 governs proof of statements in documents, section 9 covers business records, and under CPR 32.19 the authenticity of a disclosed document is deemed admitted unless the other side serves a notice to prove the document. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own evidence statutes. Our guide to qualified timestamps for UK courts works through this in detail. The same signed package strengthens a tenancy deposit adjudication, an APP fraud reimbursement claim, an employment tribunal bundle or a defamation letter of claim. Qualified timestamps are available on Enterprise plans and on the eIDAS SnapPack, and the same package also satisfies FRE 901 in the United States and Article 41 eIDAS across the EU. Pricing starts at $8.99/month (about £7) with a 7-day free trial requiring a credit card. Used by lawyers, STR hosts, copyright enforcement firms, and compliance teams in 23 countries.

By Radim Motycka, Founder & Lead Engineer, ProofSnap · Last updated: 3 August 2026 · Independently verifiable via Trust Verifier

Five questions a court in England and Wales asks about a screenshot

A screenshot is not rejected for being a screenshot. It loses because nobody can answer these five questions from the file itself. A ProofSnap package answers all five without a witness having to remember anything.

1. When was it captured? A file date proves nothing, because a file date is trivially editable. A qualified eIDAS timestamp from Disig a.s., a Qualified Trust Service Provider on the EU Trusted List, carries the Article 41(2) rebuttable presumption of the accuracy of the date and time, and a Bitcoin anchor via OpenTimestamps corroborates it independently.
2. Has it changed since? Every file in the package is hashed with SHA-256 and the manifest is signed with RSA-4096. Change one pixel and the hash no longer matches, which anyone can check offline with the verification scripts shipped in the package.
3. Who captured it, and how? The chain of custody records the operator, the browser, the operating system, the resolved DNS, the TLS certificate and the HTTP response headers, in an ISO/IEC 27037 style log with its own tamper-evident hash chain.
4. Was anything edited or left out? The forensic log discloses every layout change made during capture, including neutralised cookie banners and sticky headers, so nothing is silently removed. Section 4(2)(e) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 makes an edited account a factor going to weight.
5. Can the other side check it without trusting us? Yes. The package verifies against public roots, the EU Trusted List and the Bitcoin blockchain, with no ProofSnap account and no ProofSnap server involved.

Official UK sources

The legal framing on this page rests on the following primary sources. Check them rather than taking our word for it.

• Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: how the trust services chapter of eIDAS became UK assimilated law. Schedule paragraph 20 inserted Article 24A with effect from 31 December 2020. The domestic implementing instrument is the Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/696), under which the Information Commissioner is the supervisory body.
• Retained Regulation (EU) 910/2014, Article 41: the presumption of the accuracy of the date and time and of the integrity of the data. It is always Article 41, never Article 42.
• Retained Regulation (EU) 910/2014, Article 24A: recognition of EU standards, which lists Article 41(2) among the provisions for which an EU qualified service is treated as qualified in the UK.
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 131: headed "Removal of recognition of EU standards etc", the power to remove that recognition by regulations. No such regulations have been made.
• ICO: guide to eIDAS: the UK supervisory position and the UK Trusted List, which the ICO has operated since October 2022.
• Civil Evidence Act 1995: section 1(1) on hearsay, section 4 on weight, section 8 on proving statements in documents and section 9 on business records. By section 16(4) the Act extends to England and Wales only. Scotland runs on the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 and Northern Ireland on the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
• CPR Part 32: the evidence rules, including the notice to prove a document in rule 32.19.
• Payment Systems Regulator: APP fraud reimbursement: the entitlement, the maximum and the claim deadline.

Same forensic engine as the Chrome extension. Disig a.s., a Qualified Trust Service Provider on the EU Trusted List under Regulation (EU) 910/2014.

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