Wow, that's big, can't believe they had to pay $40,000 that's huge.
Tim Hill Computer Associates Graphic Artist tel: +612 9937 0792 fax: +612 9937 0546 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Bishop Sent: Friday, 20 August 2004 2:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Unaccessible - NY Attorney General busts two big name sites 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 ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
