WA DCU Bulletin B-17-14 Website Accessibility and Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act

On July 25, the DCU released Bulletin B-17-14, reminding credit unions that their website should be accessible to persons with disabilities.  This was probably from the DOJ changing the rule making priority status on “Nondiscrimination on the Bases of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Service of Public Accommodations” to inactive on its most recent priorities update. *  *  * … Read More

ADA Website Accessibility Tools

The Department of Justice recently published an “ADA Best Practices Tool Kit,” which includes website accessibility guidance and a checklist that can be used to verify compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. While the tool kit is primarily geared toward state and local governments, which are governed by Title II of the ADA, it will be helpful to banks … Read More

Website Accessibility & ADA

The Department of Justice released a Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to website accessibility for state and local government entities – public entities. The proposal does not affect credit unions, but may be a harbinger of things to come. The DOJ previously announced that they are reviewing requirements for websites, and plan on staggering proposed requirements. The first … Read More

Class Actions Have Little Class Involved

part 1… Class action claims of website accessibility discrimination have been increasing recently. Two new complaints were filed last month for ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act) accessibility discrimination. These complaints allege that the National Basketball Association’s and Home Depot’s websites are not accessible to blind users. Also in November, Scribd agreed to update its access to eBooks to make them … Read More