AlphaTrust e-Sign
AlphaTrust e-Sign

Compliance

AlphaTrust offers eSignature solutions that are fully compliant with applicable laws and regulations around the world, making it the vendor of choice for businesses with global operations. We also provide compliance with specific industry standards and regulations, including those for insurance, financial services, banking, and more. Our products and services are based on open standards, providing our clients compliance with today’s technical, legal, and regulatory requirements. This flexible approach has made AlphaTrust the eSignature vendor of choice for global businesses in diverse, highly regulated industries.

Technical Standards Supported by AlphaTrust

  • W3C: HTML 5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML
  • W3C: HTML 4.01 HyperText Markup Language
  • W3C: XHTML 1.0 Extensible HyperText Markup Language
  • W3C: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 and 1.2
  • W3C: WCAG 1.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  • IETF: RFC 5280 Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
  • Adobe: PDF Support for PDF 1.1 through 1.7

For more information, view our Resources page.

  • USA: E-SIGN Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
  • USA: UETA Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (State law)
  • USA: Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  • USA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
  • USA: SEC / NASD Electronic Signature and Records Standards (Brokerage)
  • USA: Federal Reserve/OCC Electronic Records Standards
  • USA: GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act
  • USA: Department of Education Standards for ESignatures in Electronic Student Loan Transactions
  • USA: DoD Support for DoD PKI and Common Access Card Program
  • USA: IRS Electronic Signature Requirements
  • Canada: Electronic Commerce Act
  • EU: eIDAS - Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (effective July 1, 2016)
  • EU: ESD - Electronic Signatures Directive (repealed and replaced July 1, 2016 by eIDAS)
  • Hong Kong: Electronic Transactions Ordinance
  • India: Information Technology Act
  • Japan: Law Concerning Electronic Signatures
  • Australia: Electronic Transactions Act 1999
  • Singapore: Electronic Transactions Act 2010 enacted July 1, 2010
  • South Korea: Basic Law on Electronic Commerce

AlphaTrust is a longstanding member of the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA), is currently an active Board member, and was previously Chairman of the Board. ESRA is the premier trade association focused on the advancement of electronic signatures and records globally. ESRA guides government, public, and private organizations through digital transformation initiatives and spearheads the promotion of secure, mobile, and binding electronic signatures and records around the world. AlphaTrust works with the ESRA Board and members to understand regulatory and industry compliance requirement changes around the globe. This early insight allows us to implement required changes to our products and stay ahead of the curve. As part of your vendor selection process, we urge you to review ESRA's contributions and its current vendor membership at www.esignrecords.org.

Operations and Administration

AlphaTrust e-Sign™ provides the user full control of the features and capabilities of the platform via the user interface, branded the Control Panel. The Control Panel is organized by the following critical functions and displayed below in Control Panel's top-level dashboard screenshot:

Electronic Signatures

Creating enforceable electronic transactions is a major long-term initiative for most enterprise and governmental organizations. Except for a few specialized markets, most critical business transactions are still documented on paper today. The credit/debit card industry has created a method for enforceable electronic transactions using electronic networks over the last 25 years. It is effective for small-value purchases. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) exists in certain vertical markets among large enterprises.