Require legal help anyone lawyer is there in our group On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 5:42 PM Harshit Lohia <lohia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear List members, > Please also note that if a visually impaired person is denied any > banking service then he/she can also file a complaint with banking > ombudsman as per the first circular. However, before making complaint > with banking ombudsman, one is required to file a written complaint > with branch manager/nodal officer of concerned bank via email or > physical letter. If the grievance remains unaddressed even after 30 > days of giving a written complaint then banking ombudsman can be > approached at https://cms.rbi.org.in > > > On 10/28/21, 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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