KEN KIRSCHENBAUM, ESQ ALARM - SECURITY INDUSTRY LEGAL EMAIL NEWSLETTER / THE ALARM EXCHANGE You can read all of our articles on our website. Having trouble getting our emails? Change your spam controls and whitelist ken@kirschenbaumesq.com ****************************** Be sure your Disclosure and Consent to Electronic Communication is updated July 16, 2024 ******************************** Be sure your Disclosure and Consent to Electronic Communication is updated ******************************* Some of you are moving towards electronic signatures on contracts and many of you are already using electronic contracts with your subscribers. There are a number of services you can use for electronic contracts. My office uses Adobe Esign. We prepare the contract in house and send out for signature. Many of you use Docusign, which I believe did or does provide the consumer disclosure and consent form; other services may offer the form as part of their package. Consumer contracts that are executed electronically, rather than paper format, need to have a disclosure and consent to electronic communication in a separate document. This is the only way you can comply with the consumer laws requiring certain notice and delivery of the signed documents to the consumer, other than delaying the transaction until you actually delivery hard copies if executed documents, which will extend the 3 day period from execution most cases. I haven’t focused on the form: CONSUMER DISCLOSURE AND CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS It needs to be updated regularly, just like the other form agreements. The need for updates is driven by changes in technology. The issue is that you are required to give the consumer notice of what type of operating system will be needed in order to execute your electronic document and then receive a fully executed copy, along with the Three Day Cancellation Form, a requirement in consumer contracts. The CONSUMER DISCLOSURE AND CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS was updated as of January 2023. If you don’t have that form updated to that version and you are doing electronic signatures on consumer contracts, get the CONSUMER DISCLOSURE AND CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS updated today. *********************** STANDARD FORMS Alarm / Security / Fire and related Agreements click here: www.alarmcontracts.com *************************** CONCIERGE LAWYER SERVICE PROGRAM FOR THE ALARM INDUSTRY - You can check out the program and sign up here: https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/concierge or contact our Program Coordinator Stacy Spector, Esq at 516 747 6700 x 304. *********************** ALARM ARTICLES: You can always read our Articles on our website at ww.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/alarm-articles updated daily ******************** THE ALARM EXCHANGE - the alarm industries leading classified and business exchange - updated daily ************************* Wondering how much your alarm company is worth? Click here: https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/what-is-my-alarm-company-worth ****************************** Getting on our Email List / Email Articles archived: Many of you are forwarding these emails to friends or asking that others be added to the list. Sign up for our daily newsletter here: Sign Up. You can read articles and order alarm contracts on our web site www.alarmcontracts.com ************************** Ken Kirschenbaum,Esq Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum PC Attorneys at Law 200 Garden City Plaza Garden City, NY 11530 516 747 6700 x 301 ken@kirschenbaumesq.com www.KirschenbaumEsq.com
