Electronic signature disclosure and consent
Version 2026-09-20. This is what you agree to when you tick the consent box before signing.
1. What you are agreeing to
By ticking "I agree to sign this document electronically" and choosing Finish signing, you agree to sign the document shown to you electronically instead of on paper, and to receive the signed document electronically. Your electronic signature is meant to have the same effect as a signature written by hand.
2. You do not have to sign this way
If you would rather sign on paper, do not finish: close the page, and ask the person who sent you the document for a paper copy. This service charges you nothing either way. Whether the sender accepts a paper signature, and on what terms, is between you and them.
3. Changing your mind
Until you choose Finish signing, nothing you placed on the page is sent anywhere, and you can simply leave. Once you finish, your signature is recorded and cannot be removed or changed through this service. If you signed by mistake, tell the sender at once: what happens to the document is theirs to decide.
4. What is recorded when you sign
- Your name and email address, as the sender entered them.
- What you placed on the document: your signature picture, text, dates and check marks, and where.
- The date and time, the network (IP) address you signed from, and your browser's description of itself.
- That you agreed to this disclosure, and its version.
These are printed on a signing certificate, the last page of the finished PDF, so that the signature can be attributed to you later. The sender sees them. So do the other signers of the same document. When a document is sent to many people who each sign their own copy, only the sender and you see yours.
5. Getting and keeping your copy
When everyone has signed, the link you were sent shows the signed PDF for download, and the sender can email you a download link. Download the PDF and keep it: it is complete in itself, and the service's Verify a document page can confirm it is unchanged for as long as the sender keeps the document here. Completed documents are deleted from this service days after the last signature; your download page names the date. Senders may also delete documents, or set a deletion date, themselves. For a paper copy, ask the sender.
6. What you need
- A current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, on a computer, tablet or phone, with JavaScript on.
- A way to open and store PDF files.
- The email address the sender used for you, if you want links sent to you.
If the page cannot show you the whole document, do not sign; tell the sender.
7. What kind of signature this is
A picture of your signature (drawn, typed in a handwriting font, or taken from a photo) placed on the document, together with the record described above. In legal terms it is a simple electronic signature. It is not a certificate-based digital signature, and it is not an "advanced" or "qualified" electronic signature under the European eIDAS regulation.
Electronic signatures are accepted for most agreements in most countries, but not for everything. Wills, some family-law and property documents, and anything that must be notarised or witnessed often require other formalities. Whether this kind of signature is right for your document is for you and the sender to judge. This service does not give legal advice.
8. Your contact details and your questions
Your name and address on a document come from the sender; ask them to correct them. Questions about the document go to the sender, whose name and address are shown at the top of the signing page. Questions about the service go to whoever runs this website, at . How your data is handled is set out in the privacy policy.