Re: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that reference WCAG 2.1

Hi Phill,

 

Referencing a specific version of the WCAG in legislation is usually a bad idea as it would require an act of parliament or similar every time the WCAG is updated.

 

The way the Danish legislation is implemented, the particular act (lov om webtilgængelighed) leave it to the relevant ministry (at the time, our Ministry of Public Innovation) to define the particular standards. The Ministry in turn references the EN 301 549 which – as you point out – currently references WCAG 2.1. I would imagine that this – or something similar to it – is how WCAG is implemented in other EU member states.

 

Prior to the EU Web Accessibility Directive, a national Danish directive merely referenced “the last version of WCAG”.

 

Venligst/Kind regards

 

Lars

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From: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 at 01.23
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that reference WCAG 2.1
Resent from: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Resent date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:21:59 +0000

 

Do you know of any country or state directives, policies, regulations, or laws that reference WCAG 2.1?

Web Accessibility Laws & Policies
https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/ 

None of these reference list WCAG 2.1

1. The European accessibility standard EN 301 549 references WCAG 2.1, 
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2018-09-13/WCAG-21-EN301549/ 


2. California Consumer Privacy Act regulations will likely require WCAG 2.1
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/insight-applying-the-ccpas-new-accessibility-requirements-to-privacy-policies 

Australia?

Canada?

Korea?

Do you know of any that reference WCAG 2.1?
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