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The power of the Web is in its universality.
Access by everyone regardless of disability is an
essential aspect.
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
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“The providers of information and services,
such as public sector bodies, rely increasingly
on the internet in order to produce, collect and
provide a wide range of information and services
online which are essential to the public.”
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.
2016.327.01.0001.01.ENG
13. In Finland
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● Government institutions (ministries etc)
● Municipal institutions (schools etc)
● Some parliamentary institutions and the Office of the
President
● Associations that perform a public service
14. In Finland (continued…)
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● Independent public sector organisations such as Kela
● Universities and universities of applied sciences
● The Finnish Orthodox Church
● Corporations providing a service
15. In Finland : also (probably)
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● All organisations governed by public law
● Services providing strong digital identification,
such as online banks
● Third sector organisations receiving public
money for their website
● Water, energy, traffic and postal services meant
for the general public
16. In Finland : By 1 January 2021
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● Credit providers
● Banks
● Companies providing investment services
● Insurance companies
18. Exceptions
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● Small and experimental digital services built in an
educational context.
● Live streamed events (but the video should be
made accessible in a reasonable time if published
after 23 September 2020)
● Maps, if the essential information is available
elsewhere in an accessible form
19. Exceptions (continued…)
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● National broadcasters such as YLE in Finland.
● National heritage collections
● Office file formats (MS Office, PDF etc) published
before 23 September 2018, unless they are essential
for daily administrative processes.
● Third party content that are not essential to the
website and are not funded by a public entity.
31. Guidelines
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Make it easier for users to see and hear content including
separating foreground from background.
Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable
32. Success Criteria
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(Level AA)
The visual presentation of text and images of text has a
contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following:
●Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text
have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1;
●Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an
inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration,
that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture
that contains significant other visual content, have no
Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
