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Re: Accessibility legislation in different countries (particularly in Europe)

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From: Denis Boudreau
Date: Apr 17, 2012 10:19PM

Hello Birkir,

If you ever need to validate your information on the canadian regulations, both on the federal and provincial levels, I will be happy to help.

/Denis


On 2012-04-17, at 2:52 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:

> Hello listers
>
> I was asked to create a document with descriptionof current
> accessibility regulations around the world, particularly answering the
> questions:
>
> What web accessibility standard is used to measure accessibility of
> websites (WCAG 1.0 vs 2.0 A vs AA vs AAA). Are there any standards of
> recommended best practices ouside of web accessibility (ATAG etc)
>
> What is the scope of the regulation (government/public websites only,
> private websites that offer public services, think private banking,
> retail etc)
>
> What, if any, are the monetary fines or consequences of not following
> set standards (open to law suits, open to any type of audit).
>
> Who can certify websites regarding accessibility within each country
> (what agency, if any), which private companies.
>
> I believe I have good grasp of the U.S., Canada, Australia and the UK,
> also Norway. But I need info regarding Sweden, Denmark, Finland,
> Germany, Netherlands (not that repeat of that info would not be
> helpful), Switzerland, France, Italy, and really any other country I
> can get my hands on.
>
> I have a few blogs and other online resources from the WAI websites.
> Some of them seem a bit outdated, and I have not found much on these
> countries yet.
> I will be doing internet search, and asking people I know, and would
> be happy to share the resulting document.
> If anyone has resources, info or opinions, feel free to post it here,
> or mail it to me privately.
> Thanks very much
> -Birkir
> > >