AlphaTrust is committed to open standards, both technical and legal/regulatory. AlphaTrust's PRONTO™ products actively supports technical standards initiatives including:

• W3C: HTML 4.01 HyperText Markup Language
• W3C: XHTML 1.0 Extensible HyperText Markup Language
• W3C: XML 1.0 Extensible markup Language
• W3C: XML Namespaces Namespaces in XML
• W3C: WCAG 1.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• IETF: PKIX PFC 2459 X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
• Adobe: PDF Support for PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 & 1.6

AlphaTrust's PRONTO™ products actively supports legal and regulatory standards including:

• USA: E-SIGN Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
• USA: UETA Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (State law)
• USA: FDA 21 CFR 11 Electronic Signature Regulations
• USA: HHS-HIPAA HIPAA Security Standards (Proposed)
• USA: SEC / NASD Electronic Signature and Records Standards (Brokerage)
• USA: Federal Reserve/OCC Electronic Records Standards
• USA: GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act
• USA: Dept. of Education Standards for E-Signatures in Electronic Student Loan Transactions
• USA: DoD Support for DoD PKI and Common Access Card Program
• USA: IRS Electronic Signature Requirements
• Canada: Electronic Commerce Act
• EU: ESD EU Electronic Signatures Directive (all EU Countries)
• Hong Kong Electronic Transactions Ordinance
• India Information Technology Act
• Japan Law Concerning Electronic Signatures
• Australia Electronic Transactions Act
• Singapore Electronic Transactions Act
• South Korea Basic Law on Electronic Commerce
• Others Inquire

Selected Compliance Guides.

Baker McKenzie has a very useful Web site with legal information on e-signatures and e-transactions around the world: Baker McKenzie E-Commerce site.