CloudSign, a contract management platform provided by Bengo4.com Inc., has released the first My Number Card signed file download function in Japan. This will dramatically improve the practicality of electronic contracts, while simultaneously streamlining and strengthening security in identity verification processes for business-to-business transactions and important contracts that require official electronic certificates.
As a PF business operator certified by the competent minister under the Public Personal Identification Act.
As the digital society advances and the demand for electronic contracts increases, the number of people holding My Number cards has reached approximately 77.6% (as of January 2025, according to the Digital Agency). However, when an electronic signature is granted on the cloud using the electronic certificate of a My Number card, there is a legal restriction that even the signer cannot download the signed file, limiting the scope of use. Following a revision of this regulation in December 2024, we have now released the “My Number signed file download function.”
Amendment to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Notification “Technical standards for the implementation of certification work and related work.”
SOURCE: PRTimes
