This notice explains how electronic signing works when you use Docshark provided by Sharkforce Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (federal). It supplements any notice provided by the Canadian organization that sent you the document.
1. Agreement to sign electronically
By checking the consent box and completing the signing flow, you agree to use electronic records and signatures for this transaction. Electronic signatures are recognized under the laws of most countries - including Canada's federal and provincial electronic commerce statutes (for example Ontario's Electronic Commerce Act, 2000), the United States' ESIGN Act and UETA, the EU and UK eIDAS regimes, and the many jurisdictions that follow the UNCITRAL Model Laws on Electronic Commerce and Electronic Signatures (such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Australia, and Singapore). Your electronic signature is intended to have the same legal effect as a handwritten signature wherever electronic signatures are so recognized.
2. What we record
Docshark records an activity log that may include: UTC timestamps; document integrity checks; your typed legal name; consent text version; email verification and one-time codes where enabled; signing session identifiers; and connection details such as coarse region where available.
3. Your responsibilities
You confirm that you have reviewed the agreement (or will review it before signing), that you have authority to sign, and that the email link was sent to you for this purpose. If you did not expect this envelope, do not sign and contact the sender.
4. Consumer and employee disclosures
If the sender enables additional consumer or employee disclosures in the product, you may be asked to confirm supplementary text before signing. Follow on-screen instructions and contact the sender for paper copies or withdrawal of electronic consent where applicable.
5. Withdrawing consent or paper copies
To withdraw consent to electronic records for future communications about this transaction, or to request paper copies, contact the organization that sent the envelope. Sharkforce processes documents on that organization's instructions.
6. Not legal advice
Docshark provides technology. It does not provide legal advice about whether a document should be signed electronically or whether a particular transaction requires witnesses, notarization, or land registry filing.
7. Cross-border use and local validity
Docshark is offered globally, but legal requirements differ by country. Some jurisdictions (for example India, China, and Brazil, and some government or formal transactions in the Gulf and elsewhere) require a signature backed by an accredited certificate authority or a national electronic identity for full validity, and every jurisdiction excludes certain documents from electronic signing (such as wills, certain powers of attorney, real-property transfers, and documents requiring notarization or witnessing). The organization that sends a document is responsible for determining whether electronic signing - and Docshark's signing method - is valid for its document, parties, and jurisdiction. For ordinary commercial agreements, the signing consent step has every participant expressly agree to use electronic records and signatures - establishing a mutually-agreed electronic method that is admissible and enforceable across Canada, the United States, the EU and UK, and the Gulf (including Saudi Arabia and the UAE), as well as most other markets. Certificate-based or government-eID signing remains necessary only for the higher-assurance categories above; where local law requires it, that method must be used instead.