This Is Not the Millennium Bug – It Is the New GDPR

Clive Loseby on June 9, 2025 at 8:38am |Updated on June 18, 2025 at 9:01pm

The European Accessibility Act Is About To Hit

Your website needs to be compliant, or you could face serious fines.

Cast your mind back to the year 2000. The world braced itself for the Millennium Bug. It was supposed to cause global chaos. IT systems would fail. Planes might fall from the sky. Power grids would collapse.

Spoiler alert — none of that happened.

Now we are seeing something similar with the European Accessibility Act. Some businesses believe it is going to fizzle out. That it is overhyped. That it will quietly pass with no real-world impact.

This is not the Millennium Bug.

This is GDPR.

Remember how the GDPR reshaped the way we store and process personal data? Remember how the fines kicked in, country by country, across the EU?

That is what is coming, but this time, it is about digital accessibility.

Every business that has access to the EU market is expected to comply. And that includes websites.

If your site does not meet WCAG compliance, you are at risk. If your Accessibility Statement is invalid or missing, you are exposed.

This Is Where We Can Help

We conduct a full accessibility audit, tested by a team of disabled users. We identify every issue that prevents people from using your site — and we back it with evidence. Then we produce a compliant Accessibility Statement that protects your business while the rest of the work is carried out.

Fixing a website properly takes time.
Getting protected starts with the statement.

28 June is the deadline. After that, enforcement begins.

Do not get caught out.

Take action now, secure your website, and put WCAG compliance in motion with a proper accessibility audit.

Talk to us about the steps you need to take.