Website Owners: EQS Group GmbH
Website Domain: barrierfree.integrityline.com
Certificate Status: Bronze
Certification Date: 2026-02-28
WACA certification
With this certificate, the WACA initiative strives for a very high level and outstanding quality of accessibility, which is why the most basic WCAG criteria must be met for successful certification. The auditors test according to a predefined scheme and their own testing methodology strictly according to these criteria. The WACA certificate is awarded at 3 different levels. For each WCAG success criterion, a separate grading for gold, silver and bronze has been defined. This means that websites that do not meet the highest WCAG requirements or are best practice, but have basic accessibility and do not exclude anyone from using the website, can also be awarded. For the Silver or Bronze grades, accessibility efforts must be clearly and unambiguously recognizable, see definition of WACA grades.
WACA certifies websites that can be narrowed down precisely, usually defined by a URL, and draws a representative sample (test sample) from this. However, the following content or functions of a website are generally excluded from the audit:
- PDF
- EPUB
- Live transmitted time-based media
- Content that is only available to a closed group of people and not to the general public (extranets and intranets).
- external content from third-party providers that was neither financed nor developed by the website operator and is therefore not subject to its control (such as Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook, external iframes and widgets, etc.), defined as follows:
- Third-party content that cannot be interacted with (e.g. Facebook tracking pixels) is excluded from the check.
- Third-party content that does not provide basic, central functionality of the page is excluded from the check.
- Third-party content that provides additional information and is essential for users requires an alternative.
- If a website consists largely of third-party content, certification is rejected and the order is not accepted. Website is not auditable in this case.
- Online maps and map services, but these must have an accessible alternative.
- Google Captcha (ReCaptcha V2): Only valid for WACA quality levels Silver and Bronze.
General Comment of the Certification Authority:
For this WACA certification, 7 templates of the relevant web application were checked for web accessibility according to WCAG 2.1-AA (https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/). A strong orientation towards accessibility can be seen in the tested templates.
As a representative sample for the entire application, a complete use case of a test version including login/logout and mailbox in German and English language was selected for the certification audit. The product website www.integrityline.com was not in the scope of this audit.
Re-certification 2026 according to WCAG 2.2-AA: The web application was re-audited in autumn 2025 and, after adaptation measures, was re-certified with WACA in Bronze.
When selling this application, EQS GROUP GmbH must ensure that the future user of this system complies with the WCAG criteria when adapting the application to their needs and requirements.
Evaluated test sample
WACA deviations and WACA gradations
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T1 Startseite DE
Criterion 1.1.1 - Non-text Content: Silver
- The logo's alternative text differs between the mobile and desktop versions and sometimes does not include the text within the logo image. Since this is a white-label test site, this is not very relevant.
Criterion 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships: Silver
- Lists: in the menu a list would be a good semantic element
(this also appears on subpages and is not explicitly mentioned there)
Criterion 2.1.1 - Keyboard: Bronze
- In the dialog overlays, e.g., "secure mailbox" (access to the case), the close button (after clicking "log in") is now not optimally usable. The button does not close the overlay immediately, and the focus is not optimally shifted.
Since it can be closed with ESC, this is tolerable for Bronze users.
Criterion 2.4.2 - Page Titled: Silver
- the html title "barrierfree" does not describe the page content - However, this point refers to the test setup and is different for real projects anyway.
Criterion 2.4.3 - Focus Order: Silver
- With multiple overlays (Secure Mailbox -> Incorrect Password), mobile navigation is sometimes still possible under the last visible overlay. This is tolerable for Silver accounts since the focus immediately jumps to the close button.
Criterion 2.4.7 - Focus Visible: Bronze
- Keyboard focus is poor or insufficiently visible for some elements in some browsers (contrast < 3:1), e.g., options, language switch button, card links, etc.
=> Use a corresponding focus outline here as well.
Criterion 4.1.2 - Name, Role, Value: Bronze
- The aria-expanded attribute used for language selection is incorrect because the element is not a button, for example.
<a _… tabindex="0"... aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false">
=> Add role="button"
The "Secure Mailbox" link triggers a modal dialog. Here, the correct use of attributes in the modal should be ensured (aria-modal=true).
(Tolerable for Bronze users since the elements can be used effectively.)
Further note: Many elements have aria-labels, but these are unnecessary in most places (due to redundancy). For example:
<a tabindex="0" ... href="/">...<span ... aria-label="Home" ...>Home</span>...</a>
<a ... type="button" ... href="javascript:;">...<span ... aria-label="Secure Mailbox" ...>Secure Mailbox</span>...</a>
etc.
These labels aren't causing any problems at the moment, as they are currently being used correctly. However, the structure is more prone to errors.
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T2 Homepage EN
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T3 Meldung abgeben
Criterion 1.1.1 - Non-text Content: Silver
- Comments from the previous audit have been largely addressed.
Criterion 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships: Silver
- Comments from the previous audit have been largely addressed.
Criterion 2.1.1 - Keyboard: Bronze
- The selection in the pseudo-select fields is not always optimal with the keyboard, but sufficient for Bronze.
Criterion 2.4.7 - Focus Visible: Bronze
- The keyboard focus isn't always optimal, but it's now visible enough for Bronze.
Criterion 3.3.1 - Error Identification: Bronze
- Not all errors are always described consistently enough, but through focus and required attributes, they are tolerable for bronze.
Criterion 4.1.2 - Name, Role, Value: Bronze
- The "pseudoselect" fields are not ideal and sometimes contain errors, for example, in automated tools. However, screen reader usability is sufficient for Bronze level.
The icons in the password hints are not ideally described (aria-label on div), but tolerable for Bronze level.
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T4 Senden
Criterion 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships: Bronze
- Unlike the mobile view, the desktop view does not have <h1>.
=> Introduce <h1> in the desktop view as well.
Criterion 4.1.2 - Name, Role, Value: Silver
- Comments from the previous audit have been largely addressed.
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T5 Postfach
Criterion 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships: Bronze
- headings: in each content tab a heading should be inserted as H2 (e.g. <h2>writing traffic</h2>)
semantics: too less semantics in the listing of the case and the files, ere the use of e.g. lists would be more appropriate
Criterion 1.3.2 - Meaningful Sequence: Bronze
- The order of the questions and answers is visually chronologically descending, but in the DOM and in the reading order for screen readers it is chronologically ascending; this should be adjusted.
Criterion 2.4.7 - Focus Visible: Bronze
- The keyboard focus of the voice recording button is a bit unclear. It is not immediately clear when you can activate the button and when not. It should be made clearer when the focus is on the button (possibly by an outline).
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T6 Logout
EQS COCKPIT Integrity Line System: T7 Datenschutz
Criterion 2.1.1 - Keyboard: Silver
- The scrollable region of the content is not assigned the tabindex="0" attribute. However, it can be navigated using the keyboard.