19 Aug 2004 - The Attorney General of New York has deemed parts of
Ramada.com and Priceline.com inaccessible to assistive technology.
"The Attorney General opined that the Americans With Disabilities Act
requires that private web sites be accessible to blind and visually
impaired Internet users."
Settlements reached will attempt to make both sites more accessible.
"Under the terms of the agreements, the companies will implement a
range of accessibility standards authored by the Web Accessibility
Initiative ("WAI") of the World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C"), an
organization that recommends Internet standards."
"The companies must also implement a wide variety of other
initiatives, based on guidelines authored by the W3C."
"In addition to the steps outline above, Ramada.com and Priceline.com
will pay the State of New York $40,000 and $37,500, respectively, as
costs of the investigation. The Attorney General emphasized that once
the companies were notified of the accessibility issues by his office,
they worked cooperatively and creatively with his Internet Bureau to
correct the issues."
Attorney General's Press Release
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/aug/aug19a_04.html
Sandy Clark's comments
http://www.shayna.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=78672CBF-CABE-65E3-306A96044957F88C
John Dowdell's comments
http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/005883.cfm
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