What is a legal and compliant electronic seal?

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-03-06

In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the important instructions for the construction of digital China, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, and accelerate the promotion of the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, delegating power, and improving services" and optimizing the business environment, the provincial platform of the national electronic seal management and service platform has completed the construction of 32 provincial platforms under the guidance of the Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, and has successfully released 16 provincial platforms.

An electronic seal is a type of secure data that is digitally signed by the maker of the electronic seal, including the owner of the electronic seal and the data of the graphical content. Electronic seal technology simulates the traditional physical seal with advanced digital technology, and its management and use are in line with the habits and experience of the physical seal, and the stamped electronic document has the same appearance, the same validity and similar use method as the paper document stamped with the physical seal.

Similarities: Electronic seals and physical seals have the same legal effect and the same visual effect.

Differences: 1) Different anti-counterfeiting technology: the anti-counterfeiting technology used for physical seals on the seal surface, ink and ink, while the digital signature technology used for electronic seals has higher security.

2) The scope of application is different: physical seals are used for paper documents, and electronic seals are used for electronic documents.

3) The practicability is different: the physical seal can only be stamped locally, which is restricted by the region, while the electronic seal is convenient to stamp in different places, with low cost and high efficiency.

It is worth mentioning that the electronic seal solves the problems of difficult management, high cost and high potential risk of traditional seals, greatly improves office efficiency and security, and effectively avoids the legal risks and economic disputes caused by the forgery of official seals.

Electronic seals need to be filed and managed by the public security organs, and electronic seals that are not filed are forged private seals, which may lead to legal risks and economic disputes in serious cases. The national electronic seal management and service platform is an electronic seal platform with public security filing, which is authoritative in terms of security and confidentiality, interconnection, universal chapter, and national mutual recognition. The provincial platform of the national electronic seal management and service platform was built under the guidance of the Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, and has the only public security record in the country, ensuring the safety, reliability, legality and compliance of electronic seals from the source.

Nowadays, some electronic seal companies on the market make seals into **, and electronize seals as "electronic seals", resulting in wrong perceptions of enterprises and individuals. The authoritative and legal electronic seal service provided by the national electronic seal management and service platform is the use of commercial cryptography technology, which is filed by the public security organ to ensure authenticity, integrity and non-repudiation, and truly realize national mutual recognition and universal chapter. Under the premise of legality, it breaks through hierarchical, regional and departmental barriers for the application of electronic seals for the majority of enterprises, optimizes the business environment, and plays a positive role in the safe operation of enterprises, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

1. The process of applying for electronic signature for enterprise users.

There are two ways to generate an electronic stamp. First of all, you need to register and log in to the enterprise account signed by Assured, and then perform enterprise real-name authentication in the platform. Click the "Add Seal" button and set the stamp.

1) Method 1: **Production, enter the horizontal text of the official seal (such as "contract chapter"), and name the official seal, and the system will generate an electronic official seal with the combination of the name of the certified enterprise + the horizontal text;

2) Method 2: Upload the seal, stamp the real corporate seal on the white paper, take a photo, remove the white background, and upload the ** in transparent bottom png format.

2. The process for individual users to apply for electronic signatures.

First of all, you need to register and log in to the AssuredSign platform, and complete personal real-name authentication, the Assured Signature system will automatically generate a default rectangular electronic signature, and users can also choose different fonts through the Assured Signature system to make personalized electronic signatures according to their preferences, and can also add a hand-drawn version of the electronic signature.

Rest assured to sign electronic contracts provide the system's default electronic signature, user-defined electronic signature, and hand-drawn electronic signature, the legal effect of these electronic signatures is the same, if you don't like handwritten signatures, you can use the system or customized electronic signatures.

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