Legal Update: Accessibility Overlay Edition

Legal Update: Accessibility Overlay Edition

Posted on November 3, 2021

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This page is an article about web accessibility overlays and the law. An overlay is a type of software that can be installed on a website. Companies selling overlays say they will protect a company from being sued. But lawsuits still happen when companies use overlays. Six hundred people have signed a statement about the problems with overlays. This article talks about 4 legal developments about overlays.

In France, two web access advocates have been sued by an overlay company for publicly speaking about overlay problems. In the US a company is marketing an overlay to people who receive demand letters from lawyers. Recently, a lawsuit was filed against a company using an overlay. The case settled and the owner of the website had to make its site accessible and pay money. Having the overlay did not stop the lawsuit or the settlement. These four things are described in this article.

This post shares four recent developments in the legal space about web accessibility overlays. Three are very troubling. One gives hope for stemming the tide of quick-fix “not-solutions” that can actually make websites less usable by people with disabilities.

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