We use digital signatures in Adobe acrobat for legal documents. The digital signatures help us authenticate each signature that we collect, including recording the time and date when the electronic signature is provided, recording the IP address of the signatory, and recording the email address utilized by the signatory to provide the digital signature.
See also: eSign Act: http://electronicsignature.com/esignact/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Davis Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [houcfug] electronically signed documents Thanks Shane. I found a link that talks about adding a digital signature field into PDFs using Acrobat, then users can sign even if they only have Reader. http://www.howtogeek.com/164668/how-to-electronically-sign-documents-without-printing-and-scanning-them/ Curious about this. I am trying to find someone in my group who has acrobat so we can test this out. I'll report back. The "checkbox only" option just seems like a weak attempt. I'd like to find something a bit cooler. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Shane Heasley <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Mark: I’m not a lawyer but I did look into this heavily about a year back. It seems to be a grey area in the law without a lot of test cases. If you talk to a lawyer most will want the signature. But lots of major companies are using a checkbox as a signature, as long as only a verified user can be on that page. We ended going with the user typing in their name and this was a major website that collected federal hiring related documents for many of the biggest fast food chains. My personal opinion is that it would hold up in court, unless perhaps the defendant hired a really good lawyer and they hired a software company to pick the code apart looking for any security holes. For a consulting agreement, I would think a checkbox would be more than sufficient. Cheers, Shane From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Mark Davis Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 11:36 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [houcfug] electronically signed documents We have a process in our workflow whereby our users are sent a Consulting Agreement (usually Word or PDF) and they have to print it, sign it , scan it and send it back to us via email. This sets the terms for the type of consulting they will be doing for us. Its not an employment contract though. Its time consuming and clumsy, but thankfully isn't something we have to do 10 times a day. A discussion came up about electronic signatures. We have a portal area where users have to log in (so we know who they are). Could we present the document and have a simple checkbox saying "I agree to this" and that suffices? That would be similar to agreeing to a terms of service on a website. Or, to be more legally binding, does the "signing" need to be more elaborate? Appreciate any assistance Mark -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
