Spanish companies handle business cases both in Public Administration and in the private sector of technology with evidentiary legal value
It remote video identification with evidentiary legal value This is called for facilitating the management of various procedures by eliminating the need for attendance which is now required in many legal and contractual actions. This technology opens the door so that in the future citizens can, for example, renew their DNI, register or perform various procedures in the Civil Registry electronically with the maximum level of security.
“We created a multisectoral use case where we changed the procedure where attendance was required for an enabling platform remote video identification with evidentiary legal valuewhich saves time and money for both parties”, explains Javier Bustillo, CEO of the Spanish company Vntegris.
Born 18 years ago as a systems integrator, Vntegris develop systems and applications for the management of digital certificates, legally binding digital signatures and strong authentication. Since 2016, it has been a qualified trust service provider, that is, authorized to create, verify and validate signatures.
The company, with 70 employees, has more than 250 clients. BBVA, Mapfre, Catalana Occidente, Aena, Meli Hotels, General Council of Medical Associations, Government of Navarra or City Council of Barcelona, among others, use their digital identity protection services.
Opportunity
Bustillo underlined the chances that remote video identification with proof character in public organizations and private companies. “It madrid komunitas community He just released 10,000 identification videos to be able to liaise with the administration with legal evidentiary value without having to go to the window,” he explained.
There are also some use cases in the private sector. It financial services They use this technology to verify the identity of their clients remotely through video identification with maximum legal guarantees.
Bustillo describes another application. For example, one hotel chain You can improve the user experience by using this solution so that customers can remotely prove their identity via video identification beforehand, so they no longer have to go through receipts. “After proving his identity, a barcode is generated that the customer can use to pick up the key at the kiosk at the hotel or directly open the room if it has a barcode reader,” he explained.
Vntgris, based in Barcelona and Madrid, was acquired for an undisclosed amount in 2019 by Swiss firm Euronovate, which is part of a US multinational. Topaz systemwhose global revenue exceeds 100 million dollars.
expansion plan
With the support of Topaz, the company has designed a plan that includes increasing the workforce to over one hundred employees by 2023 and is implementing it expansion to Germany, Italy, France and England, through office openings or acquisitions. “In Italy and Germany we have completed company purchases,” he said. “Today, 5-6 percent of our turnover is international, the target for the expansion plan in three years will reach 30-35 percent in general,” he said.
Digital signature at Congress
Vntgris was recently awarded a tender by the Congress of Deputies to provide maximum legal value of evidence and security for electronic signatures used by deputies. Javier Bustilko underscores the important step that certification authorities represent for Congress in terms of security and reliability, as the signatures of deputies are given maximum legal evidentiary value, both in person and remotely. The Vntegris solution, which is expected to complete the project this year, incorporates a qualified timestamp, which validates the exact time of the signature if there is a possible discrepancy -as has happened in the past- and dispels doubts about its validity.
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