[Wsuug] Target + Accessibility

[Reese]

Andrew Jaswa wrote:
> YAY!!! This means all my hard work wasn't for naught.

I'm not sure what to think about this. While I agree that commercial
sites should adhere to section 508 best practices, I believe that
only government sites are required to - or has the law changed in
that regard?

Ultimately, it's a $6 million award from a company that reported
over $60 billion in 2007: 
http://investors.target.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=65828&p=irol-reportsAnnual

Ho hum, in other words. One of the first meetings would have made
this a new story around a year ago, Target probably paid their
attorneys more than $6 million in the last year. Anyone find a link
to read the decision yet? Maybe the terms were to cover costs of the
plaintiffs and adopt 508 compliance?

Reese



> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Zach Young <young.zach at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some of you might remember one of our first meetings where we talked
>> about accessibility on the web. One of the points that was brought up
>> was how Target was being sued because their checkout process was not
>> accessible to blind people. It looks like they finally settled for $6
>> million.
>>
>> Here's an article about it: http://snurl.com/3kq3z  [arstechnica_com]
>>
>> Better make sure all of your sites are accessible.
>>
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>> Zach Young
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>> http://zachyoung.org
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