{
  "id": "CON-PAPER-FORM",
  "slug": "con-paper-form",
  "title": "Paper opt-in requires a copy of the form",
  "statement": "A campaign collecting consent on paper must supply the form, showing the disclosure and the consent control.",
  "rationale": "Like a verbal script, a paper form is invisible to a crawler — the only way anyone verifies it is if you produce it. Intake forms, waivers and applications are also where messaging consent most often gets bundled into a signature that meant something else entirely.",
  "layer": "CONSENT_FLOW",
  "layerSlug": "consent-flow",
  "object": "consent artifact",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "AI_FORM"
  ],
  "failureClass": "TERMINAL_ARTIFACT",
  "artifact": "paper_consent_form",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR",
    "Aerialink",
    "CTIA"
  ],
  "applicability": {
    "consentMethods": [
      "paper",
      "pos",
      "employer_hr"
    ]
  },
  "applicabilityText": "Applies when consent was collected by paper form, point of sale and employer / HR.",
  "universal": false,
  "remediation": "Attach a scan or PDF of the blank form (not a completed one with customer data on it). We can generate a compliant form with the disclosure, a dedicated tick box, and a signature and date line.",
  "pitfalls": [
    "Do not upload a completed form containing a real customer’s number — supply the blank template."
  ],
  "catalogIds": [
    "CMP-107"
  ],
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/consent-flow/con-paper-form/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/consent-flow/con-paper-form.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}