Accessibility Statement

1. Our commitment

Canton Compliance Hub is committed to making its content accessible to the widest possible audience, including people who use assistive technology such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, or keyboard-only navigation. Accessibility is treated as part of the design, not an afterthought.

2. Conformance status

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. The site is partially conformant: most of the site meets the standard, but some content does not yet fully meet every success criterion (see Known limitations). We treat AA as the target for all new pages.

WCAG 2.1 AA is the common technical basis for the Swiss eCH-0059 accessibility standard and for the EU standard EN 301 549 used by the European Accessibility Act. Swiss accessibility duties currently bind mainly public bodies, but a revision of the Federal Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (BehiG) is set to extend digital-accessibility expectations to private service providers from 2027. We are building toward that standard now rather than waiting.

3. Measures we take

The following are built into the site today:

• Semantic structure with proper headings and landmark regions so assistive technology can navigate the page.
• Skip-to-content link that appears when you start tabbing, jumping past the navigation straight to the main content.
• Keyboard support: menus, the audit tool, and links are operable without a mouse.
• Visible focus indicator on every interactive element, so you always know where you are.
• Reduced motion: animations are disabled automatically if your system requests reduced motion.
• Responsive layout that reflows to one column on small screens with no horizontal scrolling, and supports browser zoom and text resizing.
• Colour and contrast chosen to meet AA contrast ratios for body text.
• Descriptive text for meaningful images and clear, descriptive link text rather than “click here”.

4. Known limitations

We are open about where we fall short. We are actively working on these:

• On-page display options. An accessibility menu with text resizing, a high-contrast theme, and link-underline toggles is being reinstated. Until then, please use your browser’s own zoom and contrast settings, which the site supports.
• Downloadable reports. Audit reports delivered as PDF may not be fully tagged for screen readers yet. If you need an accessible version, contact us and we will provide one.
• Other languages. German, French, and Italian versions are still being rolled out; some pages are currently English only.
• Third-party content. Embedded tools or external links may not meet the same standard; we do not control them.

5. Feedback

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, we want to hear about it. Please tell us the page address, what went wrong, and the browser or assistive technology you were using.

6. Enforcement

If you contact us about an accessibility problem and are not satisfied with our response, you are welcome to escalate. We will work with you in good faith to find a solution, including providing the requested content in an alternative accessible format.

7. Technical specifications

Accessibility of this site relies on the following technologies working in your browser:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• WAI-ARIA where native HTML is not sufficient

The site is built to work with current versions of major browsers and common assistive technologies. Some interactive features need JavaScript; core content remains readable if it is unavailable.

8. Assessment method

This statement is based on a self-evaluation of the site against WCAG 2.1 AA, combining manual keyboard and screen-reader checks with automated tooling. We review it when the site changes materially. It was last reviewed on the date shown at the top of this page.