Accessibility Statement
Accessibility Statement
Our commitment to digital accessibility
Commitment and scope
College Fashion (EXTRA Group GmbH) is committed to making this online shop accessible to everyone, on the basis of the German Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG) and the European standard EN 301 549. As our testing and quality benchmark we apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, thereby exceeding the level referenced by law through EN 301 549 (WCAG 2.1 AA).
This statement applies to the online shop college-fashion.de, operated by EXTRA Group GmbH, Mathes-Deutsch-Weg 24B, 84036 Landshut, Germany.
college-fashion.de offers academic regalia and graduation items (including gowns, doctoral caps and sashes) as well as personal keepsake products. Products are selected and ordered online, payment is processed through the connected payment service, and orders are delivered by shipping.
Compliance status
This statement describes our accessibility benchmark, review methods and their limits. Each verification date refers to the last passed run within its documented scope.
Continuous automated monitoring. Last automatically verified on 14 November 2026 — with no automatically detectable failures against the tested success criteria. Automated testing covers only part of the requirements and does not replace a full manual review.
In-depth run. In addition to daily monitoring, last passed on 9 November 2026: passed within the documented scope of that run. The methods and their samples are described below; this date is not a current overall assessment.
Scope and testing methodology
We check whether people can read, understand and use our pages. Daily monitoring and in-depth reviews serve different purposes. Our benchmark is WCAG 2.2, Level AA; we identify additional quality checks separately.
Our review methods in detail
Daily monitoring
On the pages included in a run, axe-core checks machine-detectable WCAG issues. Checks include computable colour contrast, headings, page structure and the match between visible labels and accessible names. A keyboard pass examines reachability, focus and keyboard traps. We also check reflow at 320 CSS pixels and run an additional check at 375 pixels. The 375-pixel pass may use a documented sample of different page types. On up to four selected pages, we produce accessibility-tree transcripts and look for controls without accessible names.
In-depth review
axe-core, the keyboard pass, IBM Equal Access and Nu HTML Checker examine the pages included in a run. Siteimprove Alfa and QualWeb add rule-based checks on a sample of up to eight pages representing different page types. On that sample, we also examine:
- reflow, text resizing, increased text and line spacing, structure and language marking;
- obscured focus, reduced motion, form fields, error feedback, status messages, and open menus, dialogs and other interactive states;
- target sizes under WCAG 2.5.8, and indications that dragging, authentication, consistent help or redundant entry require further review;
- media and available captions or text alternatives; assessing their meaning and accuracy remains a separate task;
- the quality of link and control names and image descriptions: AI may support the assessment; image comparisons cover up to six content images per selected page;
- accessibility-tree reading structure and cross-browser rule checks in Chromium, WebKit and Firefox;
- link behaviour, reachable destinations and essential legal information, with additional checks for layout shifts during loading.
For up to 20 PDF links found in the included HTML pages, veraPDF checks the machine-testable requirements of PDF/UA-1. Reading order and meaningful content require additional assessment.
What a result establishes
Each run records its page coverage, sample, results and failed checks. A passed result applies to that scope; it does not establish complete WCAG conformance. Findings from different tools are compared. A finding from one tool is neither automatically disproved nor automatically confirmed. Items requiring judgement remain visible. Accessibility-tree transcripts do not replace testing with a real screen reader such as NVDA; those usability checks and human assessments are documented with their own scope. Checkout, sign-in or third-party areas that were not tested are not covered by the automated result.
Known limitations
The payment process is handled by our service provider Shopify in a separate area. Sign-in is handled by our shop provider’s authentication service (Shopify) using an email one-time code (with no password to remember). Automated checks of public pages do not fully cover checkout, signed-in areas or complex interactions in the Memorybook designer and advisor chat. We report separate usability checks only with their specific scope and supporting evidence. We remedy identified barriers on an ongoing basis.
Feedback and contact
Have you encountered a barrier, or do you need content in an accessible format? Please get in touch — we will respond promptly and remedy the issue.
EXTRA Group GmbH · College Fashion
Tel. +49 871 97 40 734-0 · service@college-fashion.de
Market surveillance
The competent market surveillance authority for the accessibility of services is the market surveillance body of the German federal states for the accessibility of products and services (Marktüberwachungsstelle der Länder für die Barrierefreiheit von Produkten und Dienstleistungen – Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts, MLBF AöR), Carl-Miller-Straße 6, 39112 Magdeburg, Germany, kontakt@mlbf-barrierefrei.de,www.mlbf-barrierefrei.de.
Created on 27 June 2026. Review benchmark: WCAG 2.2 AA. Our review methods and their limits are described above. Verification dates are updated only after a passed run.
