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From: JP Jamous
Date: Oct 25, 2016 6:14AM

Not sure as to why Jonathan. A buddy of mine, who used to work for the State of PA, told me that because talking medical equipment are categorized under Assistive Living Aides. To ensure the medical privacy of individuals, they stuck everything that provides digital accessibility under that law.

I'll check with the people that have done the investigation for me and try to get you guys some resources.

Personally, I think it is BS, because I have worked with various corporates that tried to find out how they can improve their web and desktop UIs to be more accessible. I am happy to provide them with information if that's their goal. If they collect it anonymously, then what is the issue behind it?

All visitors to an ecommerce site are monitored anonymously. What links they click on, how they fill out forms, what browsers and devices they use, etc. I don't see an issue with identifying "User1 is using Windows 10 64 with JAWS 17."

Anyways, stay tuned. I will get you some references this week.