For European countries they will need to have WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance in the following sectors: 

  • Websites / Mobile Applications 
  • E-books / E-readers 
  • Video Sharing / Media Platforms 
  • Kiosks

Overlays

Will an overlay widget provide compliance with the EAA? The European Commission has explicitly stated that overlays are not capable of providing WCAG compliance.  

Additionally the European Disability Forum and the International Association of Accessibility Professionals issued a joint statement against the use of overlays.

So the message is just don't use them.

How will this affect the UK?

If you have any footprint from the UK to Europe you will need to adhere to that legislation.

Depending how you like to gamble there is a strong chance that this legislation will be adopted by the UK as we already at the time of Brexit folded EU law onto our statute books.

Conversations with various late accessibility auditing companies say they are increasing the employment drive so they have capacity to deal with companies running into problems from 2025 onwards.

Fines

Current penalties if GDPR is an indicator, fines can run up to €20 million or 4% of turnover.