An audit trail is a date and time-stamped record of the history and details around a completed transaction, document, or other event. The Proof platform provides details of a transaction or a document, depending on which audit trail you view.
- Transaction-level audit trail
- Document-level audit trail
Who this is for
Everyone with access to the document can access both of the audit trails.
Transaction-level audit trail
The transaction-level audit trail generally tracks the following events for all users who interact with the documents:
- Signer names
- Signer email addresses1
- Signer's signature and physical location (city and state) at the time of the notarization2
- Document created
- Knowledge-based authentication results
- ID verified
- Signature acceptance
- Initials acceptance
- Signature application
- Initials application
- Seal application
- Digital certificate applied
⚠️ If multiple transactions were completed for the document, the transaction-level audit trail will only have information from the most recent transaction.
Read Transaction-level audit trail for organizations for instruction on how to download this audit trail.
Document-level audit trail
The document-level audit trail is more detailed than the transaction-level audit. Document-level audit trails are attached to individual documents and tamper-sealed with the final notarization for every document signed on the platform.
The document-level audit trail:
- Includes everything in the transaction-level audit (ID verification, seal placement, etc.).
- Records whatever happens to the document, including when you place, move, or delete fields.
- Is only available in Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
The audit trail can be viewed by opening the document in Adobe Acrobat and expanding the attachments section.
Read document-level audit trail for instructions on how to access it.
Footnotes
1 For transactions completed after July 2023
2 For transactions completed after November 2024