The ESIGN Act – Explained
Many businesses and their customers use electronic signatures to finalize agreements and contracts. After all, this method is more efficient and convenient than collecting wet signatures in person. However, the question is: Are electronic signatures as valid and binding as wet signatures? Under the ESIGN Act, the answer is yes if all parties to the […]
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Can Documents be Stored with Blockchain Technology?
Frequent cyberattacks signal that our data is unsafe from vicious attacks, and we need to safeguard it better. We need advanced technology to protect our documents and control how others access them. The solution is file storage on a blockchain, but is it possible to store documents safely with blockchain technology? Yes, but this answer alone […]
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Should You Sign a HIPAA Form?
In today’s world of cyber attacks and hacks, we have a lot of personal information to protect. While most of us think of our social security number or banking information when we think about sensitive information that we need to protect, there’s another category that you might overlook: your healthcare information. A privacy law is in […]
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How to Add a Signature in Pages: Four Easy Ways Compared
The Pages word-processing app on MacBook and other Apple devices is a useful way to read and edit documents. It also allows you to collaborate on cloud-based files in real time. This means you can work in tandem with your team on documents. Sometimes, you’ll need to sign those documents. But it can be wasteful […]
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Signature Style: What Does Your Signature Say About You?
It’s true what they say. Handwriting says a lot about your personality. And your signature is no different. From the size of your letters to the amount of pressure you apply when writing, your signature style reflects who you are as a person. In this post, we’ll take a look at different elements of signatures […]
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A Guide To Digital Signature Requirements
Businesses use electronic signatures for many applications. From customers filling out forms online to businesses completing contracts over the web, electronic signatures have become so commonplace that many businesses couldn’t readily perform their operations without them. That means following compliance requirements is essential. E-signatures carry equal legitimacy as their wet counterparts. However, there are still […]
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What Is Digital Signature Software?
Today’s software solutions have streamlined everything from data entry to content creation to contract routing. With the advent of digital signature software, gone are the days when legal documents had to be printed out, signed, routed, and rerouted through endless channels for additional signatures. That archaic paper-passing process is not only time-consuming but may delay […]
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How To Remove a Digital Signature From a PDF
You’ve sent a PDF to a client, but when the document comes back, you find out that they signed the wrong digital signature field. Maybe they changed their mind and now want an amendment made to the document. Maybe you even had the wrong person sign the document, and it needs to go out to a […]
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Exploring the 3 Types of Electronic Signatures
Whether you have a messy scrawl that inspires doctor jokes or an elegantly refined script, you probably consider your signature to be an important part of your identity. Can a digital signature ever be as unique as your handwritten signature? Although a digital signature may not be able to capture the spiky way you write […]