any1 lawyer in this grp i need help On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:26 PM Harshit Lohia <lohia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear List members, > Provisions regarding availability of banking facility to differently > abled persons are contained in the 2 RBI circulars attached with this > mail. Para 2 [clause c-sub clause III & clause e] of first circular > and Para 9 and Para 10 of second circular are of special concern to > the people with disability. Verdict of CCPD dated 5th September, 2005 > are contained in para 10.3 of second circular. > > On 10/27/21, Amena Kanchwala <amenakanchw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > It was good read. However, with inquisitiveness I would like to know > > that why don’t we often see such kind of lawsuits here in India? We > > are also having RPD act having accessibility clauses, if I am not > > wrong. So, can we work on strengthening our laws? I feel that, if laws > > are strong, then it would be mandatory to make websites and > > applications accessible. Then we don’t have to fight for the digital > > accessibility all the time. Dropping this mail just to get some > > clarity in my mind, as I don’t have much knowledge regarding to laws. > > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > Amena > > > > > > > > On 10/27/21, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Sorry don’t have the link but an interesting article for us. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Lawsuits Over Digital Accessibility for People With Disabilities Are > >> Rising > >> > >> > >> New reliance on e-commerce and other digital experiences during the > >> pandemic > >> has exposed problems with accessibility online, advocates say The number > >> of > >> U.S. lawsuits alleging that websites, apps and digital videos were > >> inaccessible to people with disabilities rose 64% in the first half of > >> 2021 > >> from a year earlier, a new report says. > >> > >> > >> Plaintiffs filed 1,661 lawsuits claiming digital violations of either > the > >> federal Americans with Disabilities Act or California’s Unruh Civil > >> Rights > >> Act between Jan. 1 and June 30, up from 1,012 in the comparable period > of > >> 2020, according to the report > >> < > https://f.hubspotusercontent30.net/hubfs/3280432/Remediated%20-%202021_MidYear_UsableNet_WebAccessibilityLawsuit_Report_FINAL_06292021%20(5).pdf > > > >> by UsableNet Inc., a technology firm that offers > >> accessibility-compliance > >> technology and services. > >> > >> Such lawsuits have risen steadily, to about 3,500 in 2020 from roughly > >> 2,900 > >> in 2019 and about 2,300 in 2018, UsableNet said. The company predicts > >> more > >> than 4,000 such lawsuits for all of 2021 if trends hold. > >> > >> E-commerce companies are sued most often, accounting for 74% of federal > >> cases between Jan. 1 and June 21, the report said. Rounding out the top > >> five > >> categories were digital media and agencies, finance, food service and > >> healthcare, each accounting for less than 5% of the total. > >> > >> Companies with revenue below $50 million were the targets of two-thirds > >> of > >> lawsuits between Jan. 1 and June 21, a shift from the year-earlier > >> period, > >> when the share was less than half, UsableNet said. > >> > >> Consumers’ increased use of e-commerce and other digital experiences > >> during > >> the Covid-19 pandemic heightened awareness of accessibility issues, but > >> advocates say many companies still don’t give priority to accessibility > >> when > >> they design new products and features. > >> > >> A new decision in a case involving Domino’s Pizza LLC might encourage > >> more > >> lawsuits, accessibility advocates say. Guillermo Robles, who is blind, > >> sued > >> the pizza chain in 2016 after he was unable to order from its website > >> using > >> his screen-reader software. In June, federal Judge Jesus Bernal ruled > >> that > >> Domino’s site violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Unruh > >> Civil Rights Act, ordering the company to make its website accessible > and > >> pay $4,000 to Mr. Robles. A Domino’s spokesman declined to comment. > >> > >> Companies such as International Business Machines > >> <https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/IBM> Corp. and Wix.com > >> <https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/WIX> Ltd. have tackled the > >> problem > >> with accessibility checkers that automate the process > >> < > https://www.wsj.com/articles/website-makers-tinker-with-tools-to-serve-blind-users-11621473692?mod=article_inline > > > >> of finding potential problems for people with disabilities. And the > >> startup > >> Evinced Inc., which looks for accessibility problems on websites using > >> artificial intelligence, raised $19.5 million in Series A funding in > >> February > >> < > https://www.wsj.com/articles/evinced-a-web-accessibility-startup-raises-17-million-11612353609?mod=article_inline > > > >> from investors including Microsoft > >> <https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/MSFT> Corp. > >> > >> Accessibility advocates say these services can miss errors, however, or > >> inadvertently cause additional problems, by incorrectly describing an > >> image, > >> for example. > >> > >> Ambiguity is a challenge. Unlike accessibility regulations for the > >> physical > >> world, there is no clear framework for violations on the internet, said > >> Jason Taylor, chief innovation strategist at UsableNet. Companies can > end > >> up > >> being sued over accessibility despite their efforts, said Peter Shapiro, > >> partner and Northeast regional vice-chair of labor and employment > >> practice > >> at law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. > >> > >> “The current situation is very perilous for businesses—they don’t know > >> whether they comply, no matter how much they expand and resources they > >> devote to trying to be compliant,” Mr. Shapiro said. > >> > >> And litigation isn’t always the best approach, some advocates say. > >> > >> The lawsuits can sometimes force organizations to recognize the > >> importance > >> of digital accessibility, said Lainey Feingold, a disability-rights > >> lawyer > >> and author. But they often result in confidential settlements, without > >> transparency into the defendants’ plans to become more accessible, she > >> said. > >> > >> “Digital inclusion is about including disabled people in the digital > >> world, > >> and it is so vital for participation, diversity, civil rights,” Ms. > >> Feingold > >> said. “Funneling it into a question of is-it-legal compliance really > gets > >> away from that.” > >> > >> Companies should focus on accessibility from the start, said Samuel > >> Proulx, > >> who is blind and works as an accessibility evangelist at Fable Tech Labs > >> Inc., an accessibility-testing platform. > >> > >> “It is much easier to have accessible processes from the outset and not > >> be > >> doing all these high-cost remediations,” he said. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >> https://www.avg.com > >> > >> -- > >> Disclaimer: > >> 1. 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