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

Is anyone tracking the 50 US States?

Alaska and other are referencing WCAG 2.1

https://www..w3.org/WAI/policies/

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Phill Jenkins
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----- Forwarded by Phill Jenkins/Austin/IBM on 07/14/2020 06:26 PM -----

From:	"Sanbei, Julie (HSS)" <julie.sanbei@alaska.gov>
To:	Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org"
            <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:	07/13/2020 06:32 PM
Subject:	[EXTERNAL] Re: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that
            reference WCAG 2.1



The State of Alaska has adopted WCAG 2.1 Level AA as its standard. Link
included for reference:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|The State of Alaska Accessibility Statement                               |
|The State of Alaska is committed to serving all Alaskans. Using the Web   |
|Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA as our guide, we continue  |
|to improve our content and services to make our websites more accessible  |
|for everyone.                                                             |
|alaska.gov                                                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|




From: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 3:23 PM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that reference WCAG
2.1

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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Phill Jenkins
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www.ibm.com/able
pjenkins@us.ibm.com
Accessibility Executive
IBM Accessibility

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