NOPAPERPOST services and the law

Same probative value as a postal registered letter and a handwritten signature. The best market response to the European Union standard eIDAS 910/2014.

Legal value in the world

The acknowledgements of receipt and the NOPAPERPOST Certificates constitute testimonial evidence. NOPAPERPOST, Digital Trusted Third Party, is the qualified witness of the messaging transaction.

Certificates issued by digital trusted third parties attached to registered electronic mails and to the storage of digital documents are admissible in court as evidence by witness or as prima facie evidence in writing (with the effect of reversing the burden of proof on those against whom they are opposed).

Legal value in the European Union

The acknowledgement of receipt and the NOPAPERPOST certificates shall constitute evidence in writing. NOPAPERPOST is the best response to the legal provisions below. NOPAPERPOST services, fully developed and hosted in France, are not subject to the USA Patriot Act and are not subject to the extraterritorial legislation of that State.

EIDAS REGULATION (EU) No 910/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL - Article 44. Requirements for qualified electronic registered mail services. Qualified electronic registered mail services meet the following requirements:

• they are provided by one or more qualified trusted service providers; * **
• they guarantee the identification of the sender with a high degree of confidence;
• they ensure that the recipient is identified before the data is provided;
• the sending and receiving of data is secured by an advanced electronic signature or by an advanced electronic seal of a qualified trusted service provider, so as to exclude any possibility of undetectable modification of the data; *
• any modification of the data necessary for sending or receiving them is clearly indicated to the sender and recipient of the data;
• the date and time of sending, receipt and any changes to the data are indicated by a qualified electronic time stamp. **

GDPR REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

Trusted partners

* Nopaperpost signature:‎ Certificate Authority.
https://letsencrypt.org/about/

** Nopaperpost timestamp:‎ Virtual time server cluster.
http://www.pool.ntp.org/de/vendors.html