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An e-Cheapskate's Guide to Contracts

By Stanley P. Jaskiewicz
February 01, 2012

Online, it often seems there is no end to contracts a business must e-sign. Since the ease of generating electronic documents has eliminated the cost and hassle of printing paper versions, agreements in electronic formats have proliferated ' even more than the words in the contracts themselves.

In an increasingly online world, however, it seems there is little one can do that does not require a contract, or at least a click-to-accept or terms-and-conditions agreement. Such contracts typically must be approved before proceeding to the next screen, whether to shop, to be entertained or simply to seek information.

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