Hongkong Post e-Cert (Organisational Role)

Hongkong Post e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate may be issued to Bureaux and Departments of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, organisations that hold a valid business registration certificate issued by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR and statutory bodies of Hong Kong whose existence is recognized by the laws of Hong Kong; and identifies a member or employee of a Subscriber Organisation whom that Subscriber Organisation has duly authorised the use of Private Key of the e-Cert (Organisational Role) issued to that Subscriber Organisation (the "Authorised User"). Offer of e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificates requires prior arrangement between Hongkong Post Certification Authority and the Subscriber Organisation.

Currently, e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificates are offered to the Subscriber Organisation(s) as listed in the following table.

Name of Subscriber Organisation	Corresponding Registration Authority
Hospital Authority	Hospital Authority
CUHK Medical Centre	CUHK Medical Centre
Gleneagles Hospital	Gleneagles Hospital

The corresponding Registration Authority, if any, of the Subscriber Organisation will provide services to the Subscriber Organisation in accepting application forms and revocation requests from the Subscriber Organisation.

An e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate contains the following information of the Subscriber Organisation:

Subscriber Organisation’s name
Authorised User’s name and email address
Authorised User’s Role as given by the Subscriber Organisation
Subscriber Reference Number (SRN) generated by the Hongkong Post CA system
Subscriber Organisation’s company/business registration number
An identifier of Authorised User as given by the Subscriber Organisation

Hongkong Post e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate may be issued with a validity period of 1 to 3 years at the cost as follows:

	Certificate with 1-year validity period	Certificate with 2-year validity period	Certificate with 3-year validity period
New or renewal application	HK$150 per certificate	HK$300 per certificate	HK$450 per certificate
Administration fee (irrespective of the number of Authorised Users)	HK$150 per application	HK$300 per application	HK$450 per application
	The Administration Fee of the application will be the Administration Fee for the applied certificate with the longest validity period if the application form contains applications for certificates of different validity periods.

e-Cert (Organisational Role) is issued only with 2048-bit RSA key length.

Please note:

Starting from 21 August 2024, e-Cert (Organisational Role) is issued only with a maximum of 3 years validity period. For details, please refer to the relevant announcement.

Reliance Limit of Hongkong Post e-Cert (Organisational Role)

The "Reliance Limit" as defined under the Electronic Transactions Ordinance in respect of one e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate is HK$15,000.

Certification Practice Statement

To know more about our practices in issuing the e-Cert (Organisational Role), please refer to the Certification Practice Statement (CPS) for e-Cert (Organisational Role).