Intranets and UK law 6 Mar 2007

Potential clients often tell us that the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) doesn't apply to intranets, extranets and software because the legislation only covers public services. They argue that intranets and extranets are private and that software applications are products, not services. We were therefore delighted to stumble across Struan Robertson's article on what UK law really says about intranet, extranet and software accessibility. Struan is a real-life lawyer specialising in technology, so if anyone should know, it's him.

(Seems like both intranets and extranets are covered under the exisiting legislation, although it may be possible to get away with inaccessible software providing it's not available for download.)

[via Bruce Lawson]