Hongkong Post, as a recognized Certification Authority, offers different types of digital certificates and related services for personal and organisational e-security needs, to enable safe and secure online electronic transactions in the fields of banking, finance, commercial, education and Government services.
Hongkong Post has built a Public Key Infrastructure ("PKI") and become the first public recognized certification authority ("CA") under the Electronic Transactions Ordinance ("ETO") (Cap. 553) in early 2000. As a recognized CA, Hongkong Post CA issues recognized digital certificates ("e-Cert") that comply with the provisions of the ETO. Under the ETO, digital signature supported by an e-Cert has the same legal status as that of their paper-based counterparts. Hongkong Post e-Cert is issued to individuals and organisations to authenticate the online identity of subscribers and to facilitate the conduct of online transactions in a secure and trusted environment. Hongkong Post CA also maintains a certificate repository and directory to allow the public to verify the validity of a particular Hongkong Post e-Cert.
Hongkong Post Certification Authority issues the following types of digital certificates to individuals and organisations in Hong Kong:-
The subscription fee for different types of e-Cert is as follows:-
* Applicable to Hongkong Post e-Cert (Personal) / (Organisational) / (Encipherment) / (Server). For details of other types of e-Cert, please refer to here.
For frequently asked questions , please refer to here.
| Telephone | 2921-6633 |
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| Fax | 2775-9130 |
| Kowloon East Post Office Box 68777, Hong Kong. | |
| enquiry@eCert.gov.hk |
Information about e-Cert is also available at all post offices.