Electronic signature disclosure & consent

Accordify lets people sign documents electronically. Before you sign, you are asked to consent to do business electronically. This page explains what that means.

Your consent

I agree to use electronic records and signatures. I understand I may withdraw consent, request a paper copy, and that my signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act, UETA and eIDAS (SES/AES).

ESIGN Act and UETA (United States)

• Intent to sign. You must take a deliberate action to adopt a signature and to finish; each is recorded with a timestamp, IP address and device details.
• Consent. Consent is captured and logged before you can finish. You may decline to use electronic records; declining ends the envelope and the sender will be told.
• Paper copies and withdrawal. Ask the sender for a paper copy or to withdraw consent at any time; contact details are in the message you received. Withdrawal may delay the transaction.
• Access to records. Your personal signing link keeps working after completion so you can view and download the signed record, and you receive a copy by email. You need a device that can open PDF files.
• Record retention. Signed documents and audit certificates are stored write-once for the retention period configured by the sender's organization (default seven years).

eIDAS (European Union)

• Accordify provides Simple Electronic Signatures (SES), and Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) characteristics where the sender selects stronger signer authentication (SMS code, access code, ID verification, SSO): the signature is uniquely linked to the signer, identifies them, and is tied to the data so later changes are detectable.
• Completed documents are sealed with a PAdES digital signature and a trusted RFC 3161 timestamp. You can verify any document at /verify.
• Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) are not yet offered. See the roadmap in future_features.md.

Some documents cannot be signed electronically

Wills, certain family-law and court documents, and notices such as utility termination or product recalls are outside the scope of ESIGN/UETA in many places. The sender is responsible for confirming that electronic signature is appropriate.