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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read August 21, 2015

W3C releases draft Do-Not-Track compliance standards

In today’s Internet, advertising is ubiquitous. It is the main source of revenue for many web sites and services. It is also the subject of increasing scrutiny by privacy advocates and regulators, as advertisers and ad networks develop ever-more sophisticated means to track and profile users in the quest to optimize their effectiveness.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / Advertising, Digital Advertising, Do-Not-Track, interest-based advertising, Internet, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, online behavioural advertising, Privacy and Data Protection, Use of ad-blocking tools, W3C standards, World Wide Web Consortium

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read May 10, 2013

Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 9

Today, May 9, 2013, is the second year for Global Accessibility Awareness Day! This day is meant to "get people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different disabilities"

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Rights / accessibility barriers, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA, digital accessibility, disabilities, equal opportunity, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, information and communications technologies and systems, Internet, people with disabilities, person with disabilities, W3C, web accessibility, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read December 1, 2010

Judge orders federal government to make websites accessible to the blind

In Donna Jodhan v. Attorney General of Canada, a recent significant accessibility ruling, a Federal Court judge has ordered Ottawa to make all of the government websites accessible to the blind within 15 months.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards, Human Rights / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accessibility ruling, Accessibility standards, AODA, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, CLF 1.0 Standard, customer service standard, Donna Jodhan v. Attorney General of Canada, Physical disability, reasonable accommodation, screen reader, special-needs business consultant, The Internet accessibility standards, visually impaired, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0), websites accessible to the blind, World Wide Web Consortium

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