[UACCESS-L] New web accessibility and tactile point of sale announcement

[Lainey Feingold <lfeingold1@earthlink.net>]

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Dear colleagues:   Staples announced today that it has agreed to make  

its web site accessible to people with disabilities and to install  

tactile keypads at flat screen pos devices.  This announcement is the  

result of the 34th Agreement reached without litigation using the  

Structured Negotiations process. 11 of those agreements require  

accessible websites.   Details of the Staples announcement below.  A  

list of all agreements reached with the Structured Negotiations  

process, including web agreements with Bank of America, Rite-Aid and  

the three U.S. credit reporting agencies, can be found at:  http:// 

lflegal.com/negotiations/#agreements

Staples agrees to web access / tactile point of sale devices

Staples, the world's largest office products company, announced today

that it will be designing its website to meet the Web Content

Accessibility Guidelines issued by the World Wide Web consortium.

Staples has also agreed to install tactile keypads at its point of

sale devices so that people who have difficulty reading information

on a touchscreen do not have to disclose their PIN and other

confidential information.

Staples worked with the American Foundation for the Blind, the

American Council of the Blind (ACB) and its Massachusetts and

California affiliates through the Structured Negotiations process.

Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian represented the organizations.

The press release is available at: http://lflegal.com/2009/04/staples-press/

The full settlement agreement is posted at: http://lflegal.com/2009/04/staples-settlement-agreement/

Lainey Feingold

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

http://LFLegal.com

510.548.5062

LF@LFLegal.com