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Plain answers to the questions Shopify brands ask about ADA compliance, WCAG 2.2, and accessibility monitoring.

• What evidence should a Shopify brand keep after settling an ADA claim?
  2026-09-28

  A settlement closes the case, not the exposure. Keep dated proof of what you fixed, when you fixed it, and how you keep it fixed.

• What accessibility evidence should a Shopify brand capture from every theme update?
  2026-09-27

  A theme update can silently erase months of accessibility work. Capture a dated evidence set before and after every update.

• What should a Shopify brand put in its accessibility statement to support its legal defense?
  2026-09-26

  An accessibility statement is a legal exhibit the moment a demand letter arrives. Name the standard you target, describe the testing behind the claim, date it, provide a working contact path, and keep every version published.

• How long should a Shopify brand keep accessibility audit records?
  2026-09-25

  Why records matter more than brands think, what counts as a record, a defensible retention period, business-controlled storage, rebuilding a thin file, and making retention automatic.

• What should a brand tell its board about ADA website risk?
  2026-09-24

  Give the board the exposure in numbers, the current defense posture, the cost of a program versus a claim, and one page of evidence that makes it concrete.

• How should a brand document accessibility remediation after a demand letter?
  2026-09-23

  Record each finding with before-and-after evidence, the WCAG criterion it maps to, who fixed it, and when it was retested, so the fixes become a defense file.

• What should a Shopify brand do in the first 48 hours after an ADA demand letter?
  2026-09-22

  Freeze the evidence, run a documented scan of the site as it stands today, and get counsel involved before anyone changes a line of code. The first two days do not decide the case, but they set the record everything else gets measured against.

• What evidence actually helps in an ADA website lawsuit?
  2026-09-14

  Dated, continuous records: scan history showing you tested regularly, every fix with a timestamp and verification rescan, and current conformance status per criterion. This is...

• What should an ADA accessibility evidence report include?
  2026-09-14

  An ADA accessibility evidence report should show the scope and date of testing, pages and templates covered, each confirmed issue with its WCAG criterion and severity, the...

• Does an accessibility overlay help defend an ADA website claim?
  2026-09-14

  An overlay subscription by itself is weak evidence because it does not prove the underlying storefront works for keyboard and screen reader users. A stronger record shows...