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European Accessibility Act: Countdown to 2025
by Jaime IniestaJune 28th 2025 marks the deadline for the European Accessibility Act (EAA) - a new European directive designed to standardize accessibility among all European countries. This directive applies to all private companies that sell to EU customers, regardless of the country the company is based in. If you have customers in Europe, you must comply with the EAA. -
A tua empresa está em conformidade com a nova lei de acessibilidade digital?
por Ruben Ferreira DuarteQue a acessibilidade digital é (ou deveria ser) um princípio muito importante para os produtos e serviços digitais, dificilmente alguém contrariará. A evolução tecnológica para além de todas as transformações amplamente proclamadas pela indústria, deve representar igualmente um esforço sincero das marcas para a inclusão do mais amplo leque de pessoas, capacitando pelo caminho a sua autonomia. A acessibilidade digital representa de forma bastante pragmática tudo isto. -
Is your company compliant with the latest European accessibility legislation?
by Ruben Ferreira DuarteThat digital accessibility is (or should be) a very important principle for digital products and services is hard to deny. Technological evolution, in addition to all the transformations widely proclaimed by the industry, must also represent a sincere effort by brands to include the widest range of people, enabling their autonomy along the way. Digital accessibility represents all of this in a very pragmatic way. -
Vueling Airlines fined for not having an accessible website
by Jaime IniestaSpanish airline Vueling was fined with 90.000 € for not having accessible website -
Global Accessibility Reports
by Jaime IniestaToday, we introduce the Rocket Validator Global Reports - we'll monitor reference sites on different fields like higher education and public administration, and will show the accessibility / HTML issues found on their pages. -
Accessibility Leaderboards September 2019
by Jaime IniestaCheck out the latest rankings on the Accessibility Leaderboards, including US Education, UK Education and European Parliaments -
Education Leaderboards June 2019
by Jaime IniestaWe've added 10 new candidates to the United Kingdom Universities, and updated the U.S. Education Leaderboard -
Education Leaderboards April 2019
by Jaime IniestaWe've added 10 new candidates to the United Kingdom Universities, and updated the U.S. Education Leaderboard -
Education Leaderboards March 2019
by Jaime IniestaWe've added 10 new candidates to the United Kingdom Universities, and updated the U.S. Education Leaderboard -
European Parliaments Accessibility
by Jaime IniestaSeptember 23rd, 2020, marks the deadline to comply with the European Web Accessibility Directive, that obliges all European Member States to ensure that public web sites are accessible. How do European parliaments conform to accessibility standards? -
United Kingdom Education Leaderboard
by Jaime IniestaWe've just published a new A11Y & HTML Conformance Leaderboard, this time dedicated to United Kingdom Education. This leaderboard starts with 10 Universities on the UK.
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A tua empresa está em conformidade com a nova lei de acessibilidade digital?
por Ruben Ferreira DuarteQue a acessibilidade digital é (ou deveria ser) um princípio muito importante para os produtos e serviços digitais, dificilmente alguém contrariará. A evolução tecnológica para além de todas as transformações amplamente proclamadas pela indústria, deve representar igualmente um esforço sincero das marcas para a inclusão do mais amplo leque de pessoas, capacitando pelo caminho a sua autonomia. A acessibilidade digital representa de forma bastante pragmática tudo isto. -
Is your company compliant with the latest European accessibility legislation?
by Ruben Ferreira DuarteThat digital accessibility is (or should be) a very important principle for digital products and services is hard to deny. Technological evolution, in addition to all the transformations widely proclaimed by the industry, must also represent a sincere effort by brands to include the widest range of people, enabling their autonomy along the way. Digital accessibility represents all of this in a very pragmatic way. -
Top Common Web Accessibility Issues and How to Fix Them
by Jaime IniestaWe've compiled a list of the Top 10 Common Accessibility Issues after analyzing more than 70 million accessibility issues on more than 9 million tested web pages. Start fixing the most critical problems found on most websites today! -
Vueling Airlines fined for not having an accessible website
by Jaime IniestaSpanish airline Vueling was fined with 90.000 € for not having accessible website -
Accessibility Leaderboards September 2019
by Jaime IniestaCheck out the latest rankings on the Accessibility Leaderboards, including US Education, UK Education and European Parliaments -
Education Leaderboards June 2019
by Jaime IniestaWe've added 10 new candidates to the United Kingdom Universities, and updated the U.S. Education Leaderboard
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European Accessibility Act Countdown
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires private companies to make their products and services accessible to people with disabilities by June 28th, 2025. This applies to all companies selling to EU customers, regardless of where they are based.
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