{"id":13989,"date":"2025-08-07T13:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/?page_id=13989"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:24:57","slug":"privacy-policy-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/privacy-policy-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Declaration (Easy Language)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13989\" class=\"elementor elementor-13989 elementor-13988\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab932b6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ab932b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"content\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4d1245\" data-id=\"c4d1245\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ceba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44ceba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Information about the accessibility statement in simple language\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e59342 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e59342\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56b10c0\" data-id=\"56b10c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6f613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd6f613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everyone should be able to use websites and apps properly.<\/p><p>This should be the case for <strong>all<\/strong> people.<\/p><p>For example, this also applies to<\/p><ul><li>blind people.<\/li><li>deaf people.<\/li><li>people who <strong>cannot<\/strong> move all their fingers.<\/li><\/ul><p>That is why websites and apps should be <strong>accessible<\/strong>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This text explains: <br>What is an <strong>accessibility declaration<\/strong>?<\/p><p>And where can you complain<\/p><ul><li>if a website is <strong>not<\/strong> accessible?<\/li><li>if an app is <strong>not<\/strong> accessible?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6457ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6457ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rules in the law<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4294bd6 fonts-dsgvo elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4294bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From September 23, 2020, the following must apply:<\/p><p>Public authorities need a <strong>declaration on accessibility <\/strong>for their websites and apps.<\/p><p>This is stated in EU Directive 2016\/2102.<\/p><p>EU directives apply to all countries in the EU.<\/p><p>Countries must turn the directives into their own laws and regulations.<\/p><p>In Germany, the regulation is called BITV 2.0.<\/p><p>Bremen must also comply with this regulation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab3d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dab3d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are public authorities?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3dab2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3dab2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Public authorities work for the<strong> administration<\/strong> of a federal state or the federal government.<\/p><p>Examples of public authorities are<\/p><ul><li>public offices and agencies<\/li><li>Some housing companies<\/li><li>Schools and some daycare centers<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The tax office, for example, is a public authority.<\/p><p>Public authorities are also institutions <br>that receive almost all of their money from the state.<\/p><p>For example:<\/p><ul><li>some museums, libraries, and theaters<\/li><li>some swimming pools and sports facilities<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>A supermarket, for example, is <strong>not<\/strong> a public institution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c550c24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c550c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the accessibility declaration?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f7fa0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f7fa0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The accessibility declaration is a text.<\/p><p>The text is<\/p><ul><li>on all websites of public authorities<\/li><li>in all apps of public authorities<\/li><\/ul><p>However, we will only refer to them as <strong>websites<\/strong> here.<\/p><p>The accessibility declaration states:<\/p><ul><li>How accessible is the website?<\/li><\/ul><p>Experts can check this. <br>The public authority can also check this itself.<\/p><ul><li>Are there still barriers on the website?<\/li><\/ul><p>Then a list of the barriers is included in the statement.<\/p><ul><li>Perhaps <strong>not<\/strong> the entire website needs to be accessible. <br>So there may be exceptions.<\/li><\/ul><p>Then a list of the exceptions is included in the declaration.<\/p><p>Important: <br>The public authority <strong>do not <\/strong>decide on the exceptions itself.<\/p><p>There are strict rules for exceptions.<\/p><ul><li>The declaration must also include the date <br>on which it was issued.<\/li><\/ul><p>Important: <br>The date must <strong>not<\/strong> be more than one year ago.<\/p><p>Public authorities must check every year:<\/p><p>How accessible is our website? <br>And then they must renew the accessibility declaration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644637a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"644637a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Report obstacles<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b4381e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b4381e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You want to use the website.<\/p><p>But you <strong>can&#8217;t<\/strong><\/p><p>because there are still obstacles?<\/p><p>Then you can complain.<\/p><p>The accessibility declaration tells you<\/p><p>where you can complain.<\/p><p>For example:<\/p><ul><li>by email<\/li><li>by phone<\/li><li>using a contact form<\/li><\/ul><p>You can complain about barriers on<\/p><p>this website here:<\/p><p>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:marketing@digitalhubindustry.de\">marketing@digitalhubindustry.de<\/a><\/p><p>You can complain about the following issues:<\/p><ul><li>There are barriers on the website.<\/li><\/ul><p>And these barriers are<strong> not<\/strong> mentioned in the accessibility declaration.<\/p><ul><li>You need information from the website,<\/li><\/ul><p>but the information is <strong>not <\/strong>accessible.<\/p><p>For example: <br>Your computer <strong>cannot<\/strong> read an important PDF file aloud.<\/p><ul><li>The accessibility declaration is more than a year old.<\/li><\/ul><p>The public authority has 2 weeks<\/p><p>to give you an answer.<\/p><p>Does the response take longer than two weeks? <br>Or does the response <strong>not<\/strong> help you?<\/p><p>Then you can complain to this office:<\/p><p><strong>Central Office for Accessible Information Technology<\/strong> <br>Am Markt 20 <br>28195 Bremen <br>Phone: 0421 361 181 87 <br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:office@lbb.bremen.de\">office@lbb.bremen.de<\/a><\/p><p>The central office will review your complaint.<\/p><p>The central office will then talk to the public authority.<\/p><p>And the central office will give the public authority a deadline.<\/p><p>The obstacles must be removed by this date.<\/p><p>What if the public authority does<strong> not <\/strong>meet the deadline?<\/p><p>Then an arbitration board will deal with the dispute.<\/p><p>Important:<\/p><p>You do <strong>not <\/strong>have to pay anything:<\/p><ul><li><strong>nothing<\/strong> for the work of the central office<\/li><li><strong>nothing <\/strong>for the work of the arbitration board<\/li><\/ul><p>This text provides information <strong>about <\/strong>the accessibility declaration.<\/p><p>Because everyone should know<\/p><p>what rights they have.<\/p><p>Do you use websites or apps from a public authority?<\/p><p>But are there problems with accessibility? <br>Then read the <strong>accessibility declaration<\/strong><br>on the website or in the app.<\/p><p>The declaration contains information on where you can file a complaint.<\/p><p>You must first file a complaint with the public authority.<\/p><p>Only then can the central office help you.<\/p><p>Here you will find the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/accessibility\/\"><strong>accessibility declaration <\/strong>for this website<u>.<\/u><\/a> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about the accessibility statement in simple language Everyone should be able to use websites and apps properly. 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