What is the ESIGN Act?
The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN) is a U.S. Federal law that was passed in 2000 that enabled the use of electronic records and signatures for commercial transactions. The act essentially enables organizations to adopt a uniform e-signature process across all 50 states with the assurance that records cannot be refused by a court of law solely on the basis that they were signed electronically. Because the act is technology-neutral and doesn’t favor any one type of solution over another, the onus is on the organization to determine how it plans to meet the E-SIGN Act’s requirements for capturing signing intent and authenticating data and signers.
