Click-to-sign

Is a click a signature?

In the US, it can be. The ESIGN Act defines an electronic signature as an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a record and adopted with the intent to sign. A click is a process. When a click is challenged, courts look at whether the terms were clearly shown before it and whether the button made plain what clicking meant. Online clickwrap agreements, where you tick a box and press Continue, work the same way.

An example

A gym's online waiver shows the full terms, then a button reading I agree and sign. The member's click, recorded with their email, the time and their IP address, is the signature.

In SignMaster

SignMaster signers draw or type their signature after agreeing to sign electronically. For a document that only needs a yes, add an Approve field where a click is all you ask (approve instead of sign). Either way, the audit trail records when they finished and from which IP address.