Accessibility and cookie check for law firms and tax advisers

What we see most often with law firms and tax advisers

• PDF guides and forms that screen readers cannot read
• Contact forms whose required fields are marked only with an asterisk
• Headings that are only bold text, not real headings
• Google Fonts and analytics before consent
• Cookie banners without a reject option on the first layer

Does the accessibility law apply to you?

The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) covers, among other things, e-commerce services offered to consumers. Each EU country has its own implementing law, scope details and authority; in Germany it is the BFSG. Micro-enterprises providing services are usually exempt. Check your case with a lawyer in your country.

Separately, in the EU, storing or reading information on a visitor's device, for example with tracking cookies, generally requires prior consent (Art. 5(3) ePrivacy Directive). CheckEAA checks both in one scan, and it also clicks reject in your cookie banner to see what still loads afterwards.

Our tip

Automated scans test web pages, not PDF files. Check important PDFs separately or offer the content as a normal page.