Remove notion of asking for consent to reveal AT use (#589) · w3ctag/design-principles@c35b9cd
matatk
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2025-09-18
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@@ -802,8 +802,7 @@ See also:
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802 | 802 | <h3 id="do-not-expose-use-of-assistive-tech">Don't reveal that assistive technologies are being used</h3> |
803 | 803 | |
804 | 804 | Make sure that your API doesn't provide a way |
805 | | -for authors to detect that a user is using assistive technology |
806 | | -without the user's consent. |
| 805 | +for authors to detect that a user is using assistive technology. |
807 | 806 | |
808 | 807 | [The web platform must be accessible to people with disabilities.](https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/ethical-web-principles/#allpeople) |
809 | 808 | If a site can detect that a user is using an assistive technology, |
@@ -812,8 +811,7 @@ that site can deny or restrict the user's access to the services it provides.
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812 | 811 | People who make use of assistive technologies |
813 | 812 | are often [vulnerable members of society](https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/ethical-web-principles/#noharm); |
814 | 813 | their use of assistive technologies is [sensitive information](https://www.w3.org/TR/security-privacy-questionnaire/#sensitive-data) about them. |
815 | | -If an API provides access to this information |
816 | | -without the user's [consent](#consent), |
| 814 | +If an API provides access to this information, |
817 | 815 | this sensitive information may be revealed to others |
818 | 816 | (including [state actors](https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/ethical-web-principles/#expression)) |
819 | 817 | who may wish them harm. |
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