ADA & WCAG Compliance Lawsuit Are On The Rise...
Something is currently going on and it’ll only be a matter of time before it gets to you or your company! Website owners are being targeted and sued for a law they are ignorant of!
It’s the ‘ADA’ act and WCAG which requires businesses to make accommodations for people with disabilities in ALL their web and digital content.
ADA is an acronym for American’s With Disability Act and WCAG, Website Content Accessibility Guidance. In short, you need to be ADA & WCAG compliant, because authorities aren’t messing around one bit. If you think it’s a game, let me assure you that it’s not. Everything is coming under scrutiny; websites, apps, and pdfs included. All of these are susceptible to lawsuits and litigation.
Did you know that having an accessible website is so important that Google gives it more relevance than one that isn’t accessible?
So by not having an accessible website for disabled people, you could be losing out on a ton of potential customers which means losing out on more potential revenue.
Just another reason to get your web content to be ADA Compliant now!
An historic supreme court judgment a few years ago caused a surge in website owners being sued for non-compliance with ADA
1,700+ legal cases related to non-accessibility compliance in New York alone in 2020 . . .
More than 100,000 websites sued in 2022 for their website not being ADA compliant. This number is expected to hit 500k by next year - 2023
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Unlike GDPR, The ADA law requires no notice before a lawsuit is filed against a company for non-compliance.