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WebLaw-Accessibility

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Accessibility | Copyright | Criminal Law | Data Protection | Defamation | Domain Names | E-commerce | E-marketing | Trade Marks

 

 

 

Accessibility

 

Accessibility remains a hot topic for UK webmasters. It can be difficult, however, to know how far your legal obligations really extend.

 

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 make it illegal for service providers to discriminate against a disabled person. Service providers must make "reasonable adjustments" to the way in which services are offered to enable the disabled to use them.

 

If you operate a commercial website which is inaccessible to the disabled, you could be be sued as a result, and damages could be awarded against you.

Websites should be designed to avoid liability under the Act; there is a wealth of guidance online about how this should be done.

 

 

The information contained on these WebLaw pages has been provided by the excellent website-law.co.uk reproduced here for educational purposes. 

 

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