The following terms in these rules are defined as follows:
A. Conventional manner of filing - The manual filing of documents with the clerk on paper.B. Digital Signature - The digital signature is a narrowly defined type of electronic signature that uses key encryption technology or biometric controls to execute the identification process and attach the individual's electronic signature to a document.C. Electronic Document ("E-document") - An electronic file containing informational text.D. Electronic Filing ("E-file") - An electronic transmission of information between the Clerk of the Circuit Court and a vendor for the purposes of case processing.E. Electronic Image ("E-image") - An electronic representation of a document that has been transformed to a graphical or image format.F. Electronic Service ("E-service") - An electronic transmission of documents to a party, attorney or representative in a case. However, E-Service is not capable of conferring jurisdiction under circumstances where personal service is required as a matter of law.G. Electronic Signature Image - An electronic image file that a user may insert into a document. An electronic signature image file may or may not be saved for future and repeated uses.H. Judicial User - An individual internal to the judicial process, including but not limited to a judge, clerk or law enforcement officer, who routinely and frequently applies their electronic signature within a controlled software application and environment according to this local rule.I. PDF - Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format that preserves all fonts, formatting colors and graphics of any source document regardless of the application platform used.J. Signature execution process - The process that the user employees with the intent to sign the document, with the understanding of the consequences and effects of such action is a legally binding act.K. Subscriber - One contracting with a vendor to use the E-Filing system.L. Vendor - A company or organization that has an executed Electronic Information Project Agreement with the Clerk of the Circuit Court to provide E-Filing services for the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, or a company or organization who has provided technology and/or computer programs to the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit which assist the E-Business initiatives of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit.M. Verification process - A process employed for the purposes of verifying the integrity and the authenticity of an electronically signed document that has not been changed or altered, either intentionally or unintentionally, after the electronic signature is applied. Successful transference of electronic documents from one destination to another must not affect the authenticity of or the ability to authenticate an electronic document.Ill. R. Cir. Ct. McHenry Cnty. 21.04