The SCL (Society for Computers and Law) held an update session on cookies this week. It’s coming up to two years since the introduction of the amended EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, and one year since the end of the grace period for UK compliance with EU cookie legislation. So it’s the perfect time …
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day
From Bangalore to Brisbane, from Washington to Warsaw: Global Accessibility
Awareness Day is certainly living up to its name, with gatherings planned for today right across the globe, together with a whole host of virtual events.
Do not mess with ‘do not track’
Microsoft seems to have scored a bit of an own-goal by announcing to the world that “do not track” would be a default setting for IE10. What could have been a great marketing coup turned sour overnight when the W3C responded to the announcement by making it clear that browsers which set do not track …
W3C’s latest update on mobile standards: the highlights
The W3C has published a new edition of its Standards for Web Applications on Mobile, which gives an overview of the various technologies the W3C has developed to increase the power of web applications, particularly in the mobile context. The full (and exhaustive!) list of changes can be found in the Standards for Web Applications …
US accessibility: is your site really ADA compliant?
Earlier this month, news that Charles Schwab had settled an accessibility claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) hit the headlines. Interestingly, the claim was made by a long-term client of the company who found that she was no longer able to navigate their site using assistive technology. While you’d think that a prominent …
