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

ProofSnap is a Chrome extension that captures web pages as legal evidence with blockchain timestamping, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of digital evidence.

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 irrefutable proof that your evidence existed at a specific point in time.

ProofSnap includes a 7-day free trial with all plans. The trial requires a credit card, and you are not charged if you cancel before it ends. Choose from flexible monthly or annual subscriptions: Essential, $8.99 per month (approx. €7.80) or $80 per year (approx. €70); Professional, $16.99 per month (approx. €14.80) or $160 per year (approx. €139); Enterprise, $28.99 per month (approx. €25.20) or $280 per year (approx. €244). Annual plans save 20%.

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 Malta the answer is unusually clean. Malta 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 that provision applies in every member state, so a qualified time stamp from any EU qualified trust service provider triggers the same presumption here. Alongside that, the Electronic Commerce Act (Chapter 426) puts an electronic contract on the same footing as one concluded by the parties in each other's presence, and Article 25(1) of the Regulation keeps an electronic signature admissible as evidence even when it is not a qualified one. Evidence in chief in the Maltese courts is commonly given by affidavit, so what you exhibit has to answer the authenticity question on its face.

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 Maltese court or tribunal 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. This makes ProofSnap evidence packages suitable for legal proceedings in any EU jurisdiction.

Yes. Malta 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 Electronic Commerce Act (Chapter 426) makes a parallel point in Maltese domestic law, and the Malta Communications Authority is the national supervisory body for trust services. The presumption covers the time and the integrity of the file, never the truth of the content.

Four months. An employee who claims the dismissal was unfair has four months from the date of dismissal to file before the Industrial Tribunal under the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, and that period starts automatically on the date of termination rather than when you take advice. Miss it and the claim is lost. The burden then sits on the employer, who has to show good and sufficient cause for the dismissal, so the practical fight is over what the employer actually said and did at the time.

Employer systems are usually locked on the day of dismissal, so the roster, the internal message thread, the HR portal and the manager's post are often gone before you file. Capture them the same day, and exhibit the package to your affidavit rather than a bare screenshot.

Complain to the operator first. The licensee must inform you of the result of its inquiry within ten days of receiving the complaint, extendable by a further ten days if it notifies you within the first ten. If the answer does not satisfy you, refer the complaint and all relevant facts to the Malta Gaming Authority Player Support Unit or another ADR entity, in English or Maltese.

What decides the outcome is what you can produce: the bonus or withdrawal terms as they read on the day you accepted them, the bet and transaction history, the account balance, the support chat, and any account closure or verification notice. Operators edit terms pages and close accounts, which is exactly when the proof disappears, so capture each of those as a signed package before you escalate. The MGA resolved 3,718 requests for assistance in 2025 according to its 2025 Annual Report.

No Maltese rule requires a notary to certify a screenshot, and a notarial act does not make a screenshot harder to challenge in the way people assume. A notary attests what was shown to them 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 Malta, 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: a notarial deed is billed per act, and a capture is not.

Sometimes, and 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.

Both tribunals decide on documents, and both are designed to be used without a lawyer. The Consumer Claims Tribunal at the MCCAA hears claims about the hire or purchase of goods or services where the compensation claimed does not exceed €10,000. The Small Claims Tribunal hears money claims that are certain and calculable up to €5,000, filed through the courts e-forms with a €25 fee, and the defendant then has eighteen days to reply.

What decides these cases is the record of what was offered and agreed: the listing or the product page as it read when you ordered, the confirmation email, the chat with the seller, the payment page and any later edit to the terms. Sellers change listings and take pages down once a complaint starts, so capture each of those before you file rather than describing them afterwards.

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.