Consumer Disclosure Regarding Conducting Business Electronically, Receiving Electronic Notices and Disclosures, and Signing Documents Electronically
This Electronic Signature (“E-Sign”) Consumer Disclosure (“Disclosure”) applies to all electronic records, signatures, and transactions between you and the Law School Admission Council, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “LSAC” or “sending party”) that are subject to the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“E-SIGN Act”). For the purposes of this Disclosure, the LSAC will be the “sending party” who will be sending electronic documents, notices, or disclosures to you and/or requesting electronic signatures from you.
Please read the information below carefully and thoroughly. In this Disclosure, “we”, “us” and “our” are used to refer to the LSAC, and “you” and “your” refer to the person giving this consent. By proceeding forward and acknowledging this Disclosure you agree that you (1) have reviewed the following consumer disclosure information; and (2) consent to (a) transact business using electronic communications, (b) receive notices, disclosures, and other information in an electronic form, and (c) utilize electronic signatures in lieu of using paper documents.
You are not required to receive certain notices and disclosures or sign certain documents electronically. If you prefer not to do so, you may request to receive paper copies and withdraw your consent at any time as described below.
Scope of Consent
Your consent applies to any and all electronic records, including but not limited to, notices, disclosures, agreements, statements, and electronic signature documents provided over the course of your relationship with the LSAC. You may at any point withdraw your consent by following the procedures described below.
Method of Receiving Electronic Communications
You agree that we may provide these electronic records to you via email, website, or other electronic means. You are responsible for maintaining a valid and current email address to ensure timely access to electronic communications from the LSAC.
Paper Copies
You are not required to receive certain notices or disclosures or sign certain documents electronically and may request paper copies of certain documents or disclosures if you prefer to do so. You also have the ability to download and print any open or signed documents sent to you electronically using your browser’s download or print icons or commands. If you wish to receive paper copies in lieu of certain electronic documents, you may request paper copies from us by following the procedures outlined below. Fees may apply depending on the volume of the request.
Withdrawal of Consent, requesting paper copies, and updating contact information
You may withdraw your consent to receive electronic notices, disclosures, and electronic signature documents at any time. In order to withdraw consent, you must notify the “sending party” that you wish to withdraw consent and that you want the “sending party” to provide your future documents, notices, and disclosures in a paper format. By withdrawing consent, it will slow the speed at which we can complete certain steps in transactions with you and deliver services to you because we will first need to send the required notices or disclosures to you in paper format, and then wait until we receive back from you your acknowledgment of your receipt of such paper notices or disclosures. After withdrawing consent, if at any point in the future, you proceed forward and provide your electronic signature through an LSAC website, including but not limited to lsac.org, lawhub.org, lsac.zendesk.com, lawschooltransparency.com, and any extensions or subdomains thereof (“Website”), you will once again be consenting to receive certain notices, disclosures, or documents electronically. You may withdraw consent to receive such electronic notices and disclosures and electronic signatures by following the procedures described below. To request paper copies of documents; withdraw consent to conduct business electronically and receive certain documents, notices, or disclosures electronically or sign certain documents electronically; or to update your contact information, please contact the “sending party” by emailing LSACinfo@LSAC.org.
Required Hardware and Software
Using electronic signatures and receiving and saving any document or communication electronically requires a standards-compliant web browser that supports the HTTPS protocol, HTML, and cookies, as well as local, electronic storage capacity to retain your electronic documents and/or a printer to print them. Viewing electronic documents requires additional software such as Adobe Reader or similar software that enables you to view files in a PDF format. If you are using a mobile or handheld device, in addition to the above requirements, it will be your responsibility to have and maintain up-to-date software on your device that allows you to print and save the electronic documents presented to you.
Acknowledgement
By visiting a Website, checking an online form’s box(es) indicating that you give your consent and/or agree to our Terms and Conditions and Policies (as defined in our Terms and Conditions), and submitting the online form, you confirm that you have read, understood and consent to the terms of this Disclosure.