--- title: "User Roles in Cincel: Observer vs Signer" description: Learn the difference between Signatory and Observer in Cincel to assign the correct role, protect legal validity, and clearly track your documents --- [Skip to content](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-roles-in-cincel-observer-vs-signer#main-content) - [English](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-roles-in-cincel-observer-vs-signer) - [Español](https://help.cincel.digital/observador-vs-firmante) English Show submenu for translations [Create support ticket](https://help.cincel.digital/en/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![Cincel 2025- 320x132-02.png\]](https://help.cincel.digital/hs-fs/hubfs/Cincel%202025-%20320x132-02.png?height=40&name=Cincel%202025-%20320x132-02.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - - [English](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-roles-in-cincel-observer-vs-signer) - [Español](https://help.cincel.digital/observador-vs-firmante) English Show submenu for translations - [Create support ticket](https://help.cincel.digital/en/kb-tickets/new) - [Go to CINCEL](https://www.cincel.digital/en) [Go to CINCEL](https://www.cincel.digital/en) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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While both roles are related to the document lifecycle in Cincel, their functions and purposes are distinct and crucial for the legal validity and transparency of your agreements.   --- ### **Who is a Signer?** A **Signer** is the essential person in the process, whose participation is indispensable for the legal validity and completion of a document. **Main purpose:** Grant their consent to the document through an electronic signature. **Essential characteristics:** - **Active participation:** Their function is to perform the action of signing the document, whether with a digital handwritten signature or e.firma. - **Targeted access:** Receives a direct email invitation to a secure link that allows them exclusive access to the document they must sign. They do not need to have a Cincel account to perform this action. - **Legal importance:** A signer's signature is what grants legal validity to the document, making it a binding instrument. - **Document download:** Once the signing process is completed by all involved parties, the signer will receive a copy of the signed document and its legal backups. 💡**Cincel Tip:** The reliability and legal validity of signatures in Cincel comply with Mexican legislation (NOM-151) and international standards, guaranteeing the integrity and authenticity of each signer's consent.   --- ### **Who is an Observer?** An **Observer** is a person who needs to stay informed about the progress of a document without participating directly in its signing. **Main purpose:** Monitor the signing status of a specific document. - **Passive participation:** Their role is for tracking and information. They do not have the capacity to sign the document, edit it, or perform actions that modify its content or process. - **Restricted access:** Receives access to view the document and its signing progress in real time. Like the signer, an observer invited to a specific document does not require a Cincel account. - **No direct legal effect:** The presence of an observer does not add or subtract legal validity from the document, as their role does not imply consent or legal action regarding it. - **Notifications:** Receives updates on the status of the document, including when it has been sent, signed by all participants, and finalized. - **Download:** Has the authority to download the complete document once signed.   💡**Cincel Tip:** The observer role is ideal for legal teams, internal auditors, or managers who need to oversee the formalization of agreements without being a direct part of the signing. - [Quick guides](https://help.cincel.digital/en/quick-guides?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Security](https://help.cincel.digital/en/quick-guides?hsLang=en#security) - [First Steps and Basic Concepts in Chiseling](https://help.cincel.digital/en/first-steps-and-basic-concepts-in-chiseling?hsLang=en) - [News and updates](https://help.cincel.digital/en/news-and-updates?hsLang=en) - [User Guides: Signing and Managing Documents](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-guides-signing-and-managing-documents?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Document Creation](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-guides-signing-and-managing-documents?hsLang=en#document-creation) - [SIGNATURE](https://help.cincel.digital/en/user-guides-signing-and-managing-documents?hsLang=en#signature) - [Account Management, Teams and Billing](https://help.cincel.digital/en/account-management-teams-and-billing?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Management](https://help.cincel.digital/en/account-management-teams-and-billing?hsLang=en#account-management) - [Team Management](https://help.cincel.digital/en/account-management-teams-and-billing?hsLang=en#team-management) - [Legal Validity and Regulatory Compliance (Mexico´s Legal Framework)](https://help.cincel.digital/en/legal-validity-and-regulatory-compliance-mexicos-legal-framework?hsLang=en) - [Security and Core Technology](https://help.cincel.digital/en/security-and-core-technology?hsLang=en) - [Integrations and APIs for Developers](https://help.cincel.digital/en/integrations-and-apis-for-developers?hsLang=en) - [Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions](https://help.cincel.digital/en/troubleshooting-and-frequently-asked-questions?hsLang=en) - [Glossary of Terms](https://help.cincel.digital/en/glossary-of-terms?hsLang=en) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.cincel.digital/hs-fs/hubfs/Cincel%202025-%20320x132-02.png?width=57&height=24&name=Cincel%202025-%20320x132-02.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://www.cincel.digital/branding) Cincel® 2024 / D.R., Grupo Cincel que conforma LUMIT DLT S.A.P.I. 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