Recognition Status

Digi-Sign is a Certification Authority (CA) recognized by the CDP under a voluntary scheme established by the Electronic Transaction Ordinance (Cap 553) of the laws of the HKSAR.

As a Recognized Certification Authority, Digi-Sign meets the various standards, including those for trustworthiness, stipulated by the Government.

The following certificates issued by Digi-Sign are recognized by the CDP under Electronic Transaction Ordinance (Cap 553):

• ID-Cert Root CA Cert;
• ID-Cert Root CA Cert 1;
• ID-Cert Root CA Cert 2;
• ID-Cert Root CA Cert 3;
• ID-Cert Root CA Cert - GOVT;
• ID-Cert Root CA Cert - BANK;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert 1;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert 2;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert 3;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert - GOVT;
• ID-Cert Signing CA Cert - BANK;
• Personal ID-Cert Class 1 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Organizational ID-Cert Class 2 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Encipherment ID-Cert Class 3 - for individuals and organizations to use for encryption of electronic messages;
• Organizational ID-Cert Class 5 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Governmental ID-Cert Class 6 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Governmental ID-Cert Class 7 - for individuals to use for encryption of electronic messages;
• Personal ID-Cert Class 8 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Organizational ID-Cert Class 9 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Personal (Banking) ID-Cert Class 10 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Organizational (Banking) ID-Cert Class 11 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Personal (Remote) ID-Cert Class 12 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Organizational (Remote) ID-Cert Class 15 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures.

Further, the following certificates participate in the mutual recognition scheme of certificates under the "Arrangement of mutual recognition of electronic signature certificates issued by Hong Kong and Guangdong":

• Personal ID-Cert Class 8 - for individuals to use for generation of digital signatures;
• Organizational ID-Cert Class 9 - for organizations to use for generation of digital signatures

For details of the latest mutual recognition status, please refer to the official Trust List of Certificate Types with Mutual Recognition Status published by the Economic and Information Commission of Guangdong Province (GDEI). A copy of it is also maintained by the Digital Policy Office (DPO). Their respective URLs are as below:

GDEI Website:
http://gdii.gd.gov.cn/list/content/post_949021.html

DPO Website:
https://www.digitalpolicy.gov.hk/en/our_work/digital_infrastructure/mainland/cepa/mr_ecert/trust_list/
hk_guangdong_ecert_trust.html

For further information on the above classes of recognized certificates and subscription procedures , please refer to the Digi-Sign Certification Practice Statement.