Accessibility of the LU-Alert App

The body making the statement "Ministry of Home Affairs" is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the law of 28 May 2019 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies. This accessibility statement applies to:

• https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lu-alert/id6446636745
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lu.etat.mi.goa.android

What is digital accessibility?

Everyone should be able to easily use and consult the information on a website or an app, in particular people with disabilities and/or using assistive software or specialised equipment (blind, partially sighted or otherwise disabled people).

Compliance status

These mobile applications are partially compliant with the European Standard EN 301 549 and the Framework for Assessing the Accessibility of Mobile Applications (RAAM) version 1 , due to the reasons listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s):

Non-compliance

• Some contrasts for text or icons, links or input zones are insufficient (in 'light' and/or 'dark' mode)
  
• Some interface components have shortcomings when it comes to handling by assistive technologies:
  • identification of buttons (including radio button)
  • components (links/buttons/images/lists/titles) embedded in text
  • the address search component
• Navigation incompatible with external keyboard
• Missing confirmation of the address selected when using the 'Centre on me' function
• The 200 % text magnification function has no effect on some texts
• When using text magnification at 200 %, some elements are truncated or overlap
• Complex gestures necessary for setting the display of alerts with no alternative offered

Disproportionate burden

• App cannot be used in landscape mode
• Unable to scroll the screen and reach items further down the screen using VoiceOver or TalkBack
• Unwanted focus shift when using VoiceOver or TalkBack

Content not within the scope of the law of 28 May 2019

All interactive maps are exempted, provided that all essential information is made available in an accessible digital form. We will make every effort to keep them identifiable and to ensure that they do not cause any problems.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 10 September 2024. The declarations contained in this statement are accurate and based on an actual evaluation of these mobile applications compliance with the requirements defined in RAAM 1 , such as an assessment carried out by a third-party: Idéance.

Feedback and contact information

If you notice a lack of accessibility, send us an email to [email protected]: describe your problem and specify the page on which it occured. We commit to replying to you within 1 month. Within reasonable limits, the correction of the accessibility issue will preferably be carried out online such as to remedy the problem in a sustainable way. Should this not be possible, the information you requested can be made available to you in an accessible format of your choice:

• in writing in a document or email;
• orally in an interview or by phone.

Enforcement procedure

Should the reply be unsatisfactory, you also have the possibility of informing the Information and Press Service, the body responsible for supervising accessibility, via its online complaint form or the Ombudsperson, the mediator of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

This statement is based on the model set out in the Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523. This model is owned by the European Union and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.