Yousign (Youtrust): where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
92/100
High sovereigntyYousign (Youtrust) is published by Yousign SAS (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 company supervised by ANSSI as a qualified trust service provider (eIDAS).
- Jurisdiction
- France French law and European GDPR
- Servers
- France Hosted in France and the European Union (OVHcloud and EU cloud infrastructure)
- Retention
- Persistent Signed files and evidence kept for legal periods / per account settings (evidential archiving)
- AI
- No No AI training on signed documents.
Quick answers
Is Yousign (Youtrust) subject to the CLOUD Act?
Not directly. French company supervised by ANSSI as a qualified trust service provider (eIDAS).
Where are files uploaded to Yousign (Youtrust) hosted?
Hosted in France and the European Union (OVHcloud and EU cloud infrastructure)
How long does Yousign (Youtrust) keep your documents?
Signed files and evidence kept for legal periods / per account settings (evidential archiving)
Does Yousign (Youtrust) use your files to train AI?
No AI training on signed documents.
Which certifications does Yousign (Youtrust) claim?
ISO/IEC 27001 · eIDAS (ANSSI-qualified TSP) · GDPR.
Our analysis
Leading French player for sovereign e-signature; still keeps signed documents for archived evidence.
Source: Yousign Security & Compliance ·
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