How to turn on eSign Disclosure in Dropbox Sign

eSign Disclosure, or an eDisclosure, is an agreement that's provided to the signer (consumer) by the requester (business) stating that the signer agrees to have their documents transmitted and received electronically. It includes information about the signer's rights if they later withdraw their consent, as well as any consequences of withdrawing consent.

The "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act" (eSign act of 2000) specifies in section 101 subsection C that the signer (consumer) "consent electronically, in a manner that reasonably demonstrates that the consumer can access information in the electronic form that will be used to provide the information that is the subject of the consent".

Typically, this is necessary if your organization is a Business to Consumer organization. However, Dropbox Sign doesn't provide specific legal advice as to whether using an eSign disclosure is necessary. We recommend that you check with your own legal team for specific advice.

The first time a signer opens a signature request from your organization, they’ll see a checkbox next to the Get Started button prompting them to agree to your electronic records and signature agreement. After they check the checkbox, they won’t see the prompt again on any future signature requests from your organization. The audit trail of the original signature request will include the date and time they checked the checkbox.