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WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

developing Supplemental requirement

Consequences Explained Before Agreement

Group: policy-and-protection • Guideline: risk

Summary in Plain English

Where entering an agreement is required, the legal, financial, privacy and security consequences are given before it is finalised.

Why It Matters

Consequences disclosed after the fact are not a choice. Presenting them beforehand is what makes consent meaningful for people who need time to process them.

Scope: When This Applies

The draft's own conditions, quoted from guidelines/groups/policy-and-protection/risk/consequences-explained-before-agreement.md.

Applies when

  • Entering an agreement is required.