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Cookiebot isn't up to date with standards WCAG 2.1

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    Hannah

    Hi!

    Thank you for providing feedback regarding the new Swift banner and the WCAG standards. We are working on some improvements already at the moment (although we are not sure on when these might be released yet).

    I can see you also send an email with regards to this and we will make sure to keep you updated on any new releases there.

    Best regards,

    Hannah

  • DigiFactory

    Hello,

    I was curious if there are any updates.

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  • Hannah

    Hi!

     

    Sadly, no new updates are available yet. The tasks is rather large as we are trying to tackle different aspects of the WCAG rules, which unfortunately also means longer waiting times before implementation. I can see the email you submitted is put on hold and we will provide any updates on this matter as a response to that as soon as we have them available.

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  • JSun

    Hi,

    Do you have any estimate for supporting WCAG 2.1 standards?

    Task is obviously large, but you have had plenty of time, as it was released more than three years ago.

    I have customers interested in this, but WCAG 2.1 support is an issue.

    At least there should be an estimate so that we could be able to start using this.

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  • DigiFactory

    Hello,

    In the meantime we are almost 2 months further since my first post, sadly nothing has been changed. But you still advertise that Cookiebot is WCAG valid, see this post: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/cookie-banner/. Clearly it isn’t. Also, this issue has a priority: “High”, I doubt that.

    We are not the only ones complaining about it. I’m disappointed on how things are handled right now. I understand that it’s a big job to fix this, but you could have thought about this before you start advertising. And maybe also change the articles where you say you are WCAG valid.

    So let me ask again, are there any updates? Are you guys even working on it? Is there any estimate or deadline picked so we know what we can expect?

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  • DigiFactory

    Hello,

     

    Just curious if there are any updates. Last time I heard anything was at the end of 2021.

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  • Hannah

    Hi,

    We recently released 3 banner updates, related to this;

    • Set the focus to the tab when switching tab in Swift banner
    • Screen reader: Resolve issue where text is not pronounced as the correct language
    •  Accessibility:  Change accessibility text "Logo" to "Powered by Cookiebot" for the Cookiebot logo

    The rest of the task items are still ongoing and are planned to be released in different timeframes.

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