Secure and Enforceable: The DocuSign Electronic Signature - Sponsored Whitepaper

This paper describes the DocuSign electronic signature in the context of state, federal and international standards for legal and enforceable electronic signatures.

The simplicity of the DocuSign eSignature service causes some business customers to mistakenly assume that the DocuSign electronic signature must be unsophisticated. Nothing could be further from the truth. The DocuSign electronic signature is comprised of visible elements as well as invisible, encrypted elements that make it totally secure, legal and enforceable.

Elements of the DocuSign Electronic Signature

The components of DocuSign’s electronic signature are managed by the DocuSign service to ensure compliance with all legal requirements for electronic signatures. Those components include both visible and invisible (encrypted) elements.

1. Script Signature Name. DocuSign’s visual signature contains a script-written name that is generated in the DocuSign system by the document signer. Creating this script signature has legal significance, as the user is required to agree that the script signature will have the same legal effect as his or her handwritten signature.