Compliance & legal evidence
Chain of custody for accessibility. Proof you hand to opposing counsel.
A screenshot isn’t evidence. A dashboard isn’t a record. When someone asks you to prove you audited — on this date, with this result — wcagcheckr anchors every audit with an RFC-3161 trusted timestamp and an ed25519 receipt that anyone can verify independently, offline.
The European Accessibility Act applies as of 28 June 2025. US ADA web suits ran to 3,948 in 2025 (EcomBack). Your audit trail is either defensible or it isn’t — and you find out which the hard way. A “history log” that isn’t cryptographic proves nothing about tampering. A PDF report proves nothing about when it was made.
You don’t need a louder claim. You need a record the other side can check and can’t dispute — and the documents your auditor, your regulator, and your procurement office actually ask for.
The bar was set in 2008 — and it rose again in 2025
When the National Federation of the Blind sued Target over an inaccessible website, Target settled in 2008 for a $6 million class fund. That was seventeen years ago — the question now isn’t whether the web is covered, it’s whether you can prove what you tested and when. And since 28 June 2025, the EU’s European Accessibility Act applies to the websites and apps behind in-scope services, adding a second jurisdiction that expects documented conformance. A timestamp no one can verify won’t answer either one.
NFB v. Target Corp. (N.D. Cal.; settled Aug. 2008, $6M California class fund). European Accessibility Act — Directive (EU) 2019/882 (applies from 28 June 2025).
Sources: NFB v. Target settlement notice · European Accessibility Act (EUR-Lex)
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- A local forensic audit log — append-only, SHA-256 hashed
- An embeddable status badge — a public accessibility commitment
- The public receipt verifier — anyone can check a receipt at api.wcagcheckr.com/verify
When you need it defensible
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- RFC-3161 anchoring + ed25519 receipts on every audit
- A forensic-anchored deposition packet
- A conformance crosswalk — WCAG ↔ EN 301 549 / Section 508 / ADA / EAA / AODA
- The EAA accessibility statement the regulation now requires
- A formal WCAG-EM conformance report, anchored
What RFC-3161 actually proves
An RFC-3161 trusted timestamp is the same standard notaries and certificate authorities rely on: cryptographic proof that a specific document existed in a specific state at a specific time. Pair it with an ed25519 signature and you have an artifact opposing counsel can verify themselves — no trust in us required. That’s the difference between a claim and a record.
Court-grade chain of custody. Proof you hand to opposing counsel.
No checkout here — on purpose. Install free, run it on your real site, and unlock the rest inside the app when the evidence is worth it to you.
General information, not legal advice. The cases and figures here are real and cited, but every situation differs — consult a qualified attorney about your own exposure. wcagcheckr is an accessibility auditing tool, not a law firm, and installing it is not a guarantee against any lawsuit.
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