Transfer your digital evidence to your lawyer
Your lawyer asked you to send a photo, video or document? CERTIF certifies your file's integrity and generates a signed report for your lawyer.
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Upload any file β photo, video, document. CERTIF automatically detects its type, analyzes metadata and generates a certified report for your lawyer.
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Free β no registration required
CERTIF is a free service by Firme H2E, a digital forensics firm. No account needed, no credit card. Our forensic infrastructure is already operational β we're sharing it to facilitate secure digital evidence transfers.
Why use CERTIF instead of just emailing the file?
From transfer to expertise
- 1. Certified CERTIF transfer β documented integrity
- 2. Signed report β proof of non-alteration
- 3. Need to go further? β Full H2E expertise
- 4. Expert report β admissible in court
CERTIF certifies file integrity at the time of transfer. For admissible expert reports, H2E forensic experts conduct full methodology.
Complete confidentiality
- No file storage
- No user tracking
- No registration required
- Attorney-client privilege
Expert support available
If your lawyer needs to go further, our forensic experts can analyze the file in depth and produce a court-admissible report.
Real example (anonymized)
Insurance litigation β Contested photo
A client needs to send their lawyer a photo showing damage from March 15, 2024.
With CERTIF (2 minutes):
The certified report reveals the photo was taken on March 22, 2024 with an iPhone 15 in Montreal β 7 days after the date claimed by the opposing party.
Result: The lawyer was able to immediately challenge the timeline using metadata certified by CERTIF. Case settled favorably.
π‘ 2 minutes of certified transfer made the difference in the case.
Have evidence to send to your lawyer? Analyze now β
Why not just send the file by email or text?
| β By email or text | β With CERTIF |
|---|---|
| No proof that the file hasn't been altered in transit | Cryptographic fingerprint and signed report proving integrity |
| Metadata invisible (date, location, device) β lost or ignored | Metadata extracted and documented in a professional report |
| No traceability on who sent what, when and from where | Full traceability: identity, date, IP, location, device used |
Photos and images
Send a photo to your lawyer with a certified report. CERTIF extracts the date, location, device used and detects any modifications.
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PDF documents
Transfer a PDF with a certified report. CERTIF verifies the author, creation dates and modification traces.
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Emails
Verify the authenticity of a received email. CERTIF traces the message path and detects forgery attempts.
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Electronic signatures
Verify that an electronic signature is valid and the document has not been altered after signing.
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Audio recordings
Transfer an audio recording to your lawyer with a certified report on format, duration and metadata.
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Videos
Transfer a video to your lawyer with a certified report. CERTIF verifies format, resolution and capture metadata.
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Digital fingerprints
Calculate a file's unique fingerprint to prove it hasn't been altered. Useful for documenting chain of custody.
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Office documents
Send a Word, Excel or PowerPoint document to your lawyer with a certified report on authorship, dates and modifications.
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How it works
Your lawyer sends you the link
They share certif.firmeh2e.com with you
Upload your file
Photo, video, document β from your phone or computer
CERTIF certifies integrity
Metadata analysis and cryptographic fingerprint
Your lawyer receives the report
Signed PDF report sent directly by email
π¨π¦ Service restricted to Canada
This free service is exclusively offered to Canadian users. IP addresses outside Canada can browse the website but cannot upload files.
Your evidence type isn't listed?
Have evidence in a format CERTIF doesn't support yet? Let us know and we'll prioritize it.
Suggest a formatWho's behind CERTIF?
Firme H2E β Forensic expert in Quebec since 2008
- 500+ expert mandates in civil, commercial, and criminal litigation
- Testimony before Quebec courts (Superior Court, Court of Quebec)
- Specialties: digital forensics, cybersecurity, electronic evidence analysis
CERTIF is the result of 15 years of field experience in litigation.
Trust H2E:
For lawyers β When to request a full expertise?
CERTIF certifies integrity. For court-admissible expertise, escalate to H2E if:
β‘ If 2+ criteria apply β H2E expertise recommended
The CERTIF report reveals warning signs?
Detected inconsistencies may justify an in-depth analysis by a forensic expert. Get a defensible litigation expertise report.
Response within 24 hours. Free initial consultation.
Request a full expertiseCryptographically Verifiable Reports
Every CERTIF report contains a unique validation code. Lawyers and all parties can verify the authenticity and integrity of the document directly on our website β proof that the report is original and has not been altered.