Paper opt-in requires a copy of the form
The requirementstatement
A campaign collecting consent on paper must supply the form, showing the disclosure and the consent control.
- Severityseverity
- BlockingBLOCKINGBreaking this rule gets the submission rejected. There is no partial credit.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- consent artifact
- Where it liveslayer
- Consent flowCONSENT_FLOW
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- AI · formAI_FORM
- A semantic question about what you wrote: whether a description matches a use case, whether a name looks like a filed entity. Judged by a model against written criteria.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Produce a documentTERMINAL_ARTIFACT
- Needs a document that does not exist yet, such as a verbal script, a paper consent form, or QR landing copy. Ekas drafts it.
- Who requires itauthorities
- TCRAerialinkCTIA
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies when consent was collected by paper form, point of sale and employer / HR.
Why this rule existsrationale
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.
How to fix itremediation
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.
Common mistakespitfalls
- Do not upload a completed form containing a real customer’s number — supply the blank template.
Rules you will hit next
2 other rules read consent artifact. Fixing one field to satisfy a single rule is how a resubmission trades one rejection for another, so read these before you change anything.
CON-ART-002The consent artifact must actually show a consent surfaceBlockingBLOCKINGCON-ART-003The consent artifact must be legibleHighHIGHCON-008The live CTA and the declared message flow must say the same thingBlockingBLOCKINGCON-010The three subscriber-management attributes must be declared trueBlockingBLOCKINGCON-013Subscriber attributes must agree with the message bodies suppliedBlockingBLOCKINGCON-023Evidence URLs must resolve without a loginBlockingBLOCKING
CON-PAPER-FORM is one of 101 consent flow rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.