accessibility compliance

1. ACCESSIBILITY
COMPLIANCE FOR
YOUR WEBSITE
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2. ACCESSIBILITY
COMPLIANCE FOR
YOUR WEBSITEA website has to be accessible.
It must have clear and bright visuals
that can be easily picked up by
software that translates content for
people with vision or hearing
problems.
Its videos should include subtitles
for the hard of hearing.
Its keyboard navigation options
must be easy enough even for those
who can’t use a mouse.

3. How often do
businesses consider the
above if it doesn’t have
an immediate effect on
their business?
Not often enough,
current developments

4. That is
changing and in
the most
business-
unfriendly way –
through courts
of law.

5. Since 2018, more
than 10,000 lawsuits
were filed in US
federal courts
alleging businesses
were in violation of
the 1990 Americans
with Disabilities Act
(ADA) or the
California equivalent,

6. These so-called “surf-by”
lawsuits are even more
frustrating than the
typical ADA lawsuit that
alleges physical barriers
at a retail location, as
they are more frequently
being brought by
individuals who have
never even visited your
commercial

7. Their argument is based on the assumption
that your website is a “public accommodation”
and thus should be ADA compliant. Yet ADA,
passed in 1990 has no provisions on the
website compliance. That’s where WCAG

8. A lot of countries are
adopting similar
measures in local laws
and you need to be
ready to comply or be
ready for massive

9. Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) is
developed through the W3C
process in cooperation with
individuals and organizations
around the world, with a goal
of providing a single shared
standard for web content
accessibility that meets the
needs of individuals,
WHY IS WCAG
IMPORTANT TO YOUR
BUSINESS?

10. WCAG 2.0 is
approved as an
ISO standard:
ISO/IEC
40500:2012.

11. California courts are
increasingly relying
on the WCAG 2.0 AA
standards, a set of
international
standards outlining
methods to make
websites more
accessible for

12. The Californian
court ordered the
restaurant to bring
its website into
compliance with
the WCAG 2.0,
Level AA success
criteria and to pay
$4,000 in

13. The case is currently on appeal, but it
appears likely that it will be affirmed, likely
paving the way for more businesses to be
sued under California law for non-

14. WHY YOU SHOULD CARE?
You might wonder, how
does that apply to my
business and my website, if
I don’t operate from the US
and their laws don’t apply to
me? The answer is twofold.

15. Firstly, it is the
right thing to do.
You should
consider and adapt
your website for
everyone in your
audience to have
equal access to it,
no question about

16. Secondly, because ADA
and can be applied in the
same way GDPR applies
to companies outside of
the European Union – if it
is accessible in California
or the US, it needs to be
compliant.
Another aspect is the fact
that a lot of countries are
adopting similar measure
in local laws and you

17. TENTACLE SOLUTIONS
If any of the above has got you
worried that your site is not accessible
enough and thus uncompliant, you
can always arrange a consultation with
the specialists from Tentacle
Solutions.
With almost twenty years on the
market, their team knows how to
produce a compliant solution for your
business.

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