Universign: where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
92/100
High sovereigntyUniversign is published by Cryptolog International SAS (Tessi group) (France). The vendor is not directly subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score calculated for this tool alone, without document-type weighting.
Checkpoints
- CLOUD Act
- No French vendor (Tessi group), hosted in France with no dependency on a provider subject to the CLOUD Act.
- Jurisdiction
- France French law and GDPR — shielded from extraterritorial laws
- Servers
- France Sovereign hosting exclusively in France
- Retention
- Persistent Evidential archiving (NF Z42-13 / ISO 14641) for the contractual period
- AI
- No No AI training.
Quick answers
Is Universign subject to the CLOUD Act?
Not directly. French vendor (Tessi group), hosted in France with no dependency on a provider subject to the CLOUD Act.
Where are files uploaded to Universign hosted?
Sovereign hosting exclusively in France.
How long does Universign keep your documents?
Evidential archiving (NF Z42-13 / ISO 14641) for the contractual period.
Does Universign use your files to train AI?
No AI training.
Which certifications does Universign claim?
ISO/IEC 27001 · eIDAS (qualified TSP) · NF Z42-13.
Our analysis
French reference with strong legal guarantees for signatures and timestamping.
Source: Universign Compliance & Sovereignty ·
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