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DocuSign exists because there are various federal and state laws that regulate electronic signatures. Companies are required to make disclosures, collect affirm
by jonas21 5y ago
DocuSign exists because there are various federal and state laws that regulate electronic signatures. Companies are required to make disclosures, collect affirmative consent, retain records, provide access to them to the person who signed, etc.
It's easier for most companies to outsource this to DocuSign than to do it in-house (and as others have mentioned, they're not paying $2 per signature at scale).
- whatever1 5y agoA signed document sent from my email address has the same properties.
- kube-system 5y agoDocusign gathers information for the purposes of provenance and compliance beyond what is captured in an email. This is the reason organizations pay for it, despite already having email.
- Spooky23 5y agoSo does an “ok” button on a website. The “value add” of docusign is that they provide a workflow and auditable record of the event. Whether it’s worth the $0.25-$10 depends on the risks of dispute/litigation/etc. I had to do something the other day that required a notarized wet signature. That stamp has no magical powers - but it provides evidence from a disinterested party that someone presenting my ID in fact appeared before them and wrote a mark on a page.
- paxys 5y agoOkay how do I capture the IP address of the person who signed the document over email?
- whatever1 5y agoFolks we are in HN. Emails have headers with time stamps and everything.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoWhat are you going to do with that IP address? I don't know what IP I had 5 years ago when I signed some documents, or whether I signed it from home. What does that IP address prove? Furthermore, likely your email provider does know what IP address you connected from.
- chaps 5y agoThat and VPN, coffee shop, shared internet, etc etc. I don't get the point of needing an IP of a signed document either. Hell, you can draw a penis with your arm pit and call that your signature and federally it would be true... so maybe they have some niche (with strange ethics) requirements. Maybe they're dealing with massive amounts of anti-fraud stuffs.