Website Accessibility Effective Date: August 2023 Lodge Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Lodge”), has an ongoing commitment to achieving the highest levels of satisfaction for our website users. As part of these efforts, Lodge is dedicated to offering a quality online experience at its website http://www.lodgecastiron.com (the “Website”) to users with disabilities. To assist in achieving the aforementioned accessibility goals with respect to the Website, Lodge has committed to making the Website’s design, development, and operation be in substantial conformance with generally recognized and accepted guidelines and/or standards for website accessibility (the “Accessibility Standards”). While these Accessibility Standards may change and/or evolve over time, they are currently the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0/2.1 at Levels A and AA (“WCAG”). WCAG is a set of checkpoints and guidelines that help ensure that websites are designed and written properly. For example: Images have alternative text so if you can't see the image you can still read the text. Color contrast between the foreground and background is sufficiently strong. Text resizes according to user preference. Headings are correctly used and represent an accurate and logical outline of the content (they're not just ordinary text made to look big and bold). Links make sense by themselves (no links that say "click here" or "more..."). Tables are used for laying out tabular information and have proper headings and summaries. Lists items are defined as HTML bulleted lists to present items of equal status or value and as numbered lists if a particular order to the items is appropriate. The content is fully accessible and operable with keyboard navigation only. As part of these efforts, Lodge has engaged experienced accessibility consultants to provide assistance and advice on an ongoing basis regarding accessible website design and maintenance. Furthermore, our Website will continue to be assessed on a recurring basis from both an engineering and user-experience basis in order to provide feedback to Lodge regarding substantial conformance with the WCAG. While we do not control third party vendors, we strongly encourage vendors of third-party digital content to provide content that is accessible and user friendly. Where to find accessibility tools If you have any type of disability, we recommend that you visit the FCC Accessibility Clearinghouse (https://www.fcc.gov/general/accessibility-clearinghouse-0). You'll find expert advice such as alternative screen readers, screen magnifiers and other devices that can make using a computer easier and more enjoyable. We also recommend that you visit AbilityNet's My Computer My Way (https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/), which provides advice on making your computer accessible. DISCLAIMERS This Policy establishes internal guidelines and expectations for the purpose of promoting and advancing digital accessibility on the Lodge Website. Lodge reserves the right to modify this Policy unilaterally at any time. This Policy is not intended to create, nor does it create, any contractual or other legal obligation on Lodge’s part, or any contractual or other legal right for any member of the Harvard community or the general public. The Website contains links to third-party websites. If you click on one of those links, you will be taken to websites we do not control. This Policy does not apply to the information practices of those third-party websites. You should read the accessibility policies and statements of third-party websites carefully. We are not responsible for the content, accessibility policies (or lack thereof), actions or security of third-party websites. All use of the Website is subject to the Website’s Terms and Conditions (https://www.lodgecastiron.com/terms-conditions) and Privacy Policy (https://www.lodgecastiron.com/privacy), which you should review before using or navigating the Website. Amendments We may update this Policy from time to time by publishing a new version across the Website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this Policy. We will notify you of changes to this policy by email, via notification when you access the Website, or by other reasonable means we deem appropriate. Contact Lodge with Your Accessibility Questions/Feedback Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing. If, at any time, you have any specific questions, feedback, or concerns about the accessibility of any particular Web pages on http://www.lodgecastiron.com, please contact us at [email protected]. If you do encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the Web page/URL in your email, and we will make all reasonable efforts to address your concerns.
Website Accessibility Effective Date: August 2023 Lodge Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Lodge”), has an ongoing commitment to achieving the highest levels of satisfaction for our website users. As part of these efforts, Lodge is dedicated to offering a quality online experience at its website http://www.lodgecastiron.com (the “Website”) to users with disabilities. To assist in achieving the aforementioned accessibility goals with respect to the Website, Lodge has committed to making the Website’s design, development, and operation be in substantial conformance with generally recognized and accepted guidelines and/or standards for website accessibility (the “Accessibility Standards”). While these Accessibility Standards may change and/or evolve over time, they are currently the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0/2.1 at Levels A and AA (“WCAG”). WCAG is a set of checkpoints and guidelines that help ensure that websites are designed and written properly. For example: Images have alternative text so if you can't see the image you can still read the text. Color contrast between the foreground and background is sufficiently strong. Text resizes according to user preference. Headings are correctly used and represent an accurate and logical outline of the content (they're not just ordinary text made to look big and bold). Links make sense by themselves (no links that say "click here" or "more..."). Tables are used for laying out tabular information and have proper headings and summaries. Lists items are defined as HTML bulleted lists to present items of equal status or value and as numbered lists if a particular order to the items is appropriate. The content is fully accessible and operable with keyboard navigation only. As part of these efforts, Lodge has engaged experienced accessibility consultants to provide assistance and advice on an ongoing basis regarding accessible website design and maintenance. Furthermore, our Website will continue to be assessed on a recurring basis from both an engineering and user-experience basis in order to provide feedback to Lodge regarding substantial conformance with the WCAG. While we do not control third party vendors, we strongly encourage vendors of third-party digital content to provide content that is accessible and user friendly. Where to find accessibility tools If you have any type of disability, we recommend that you visit the FCC Accessibility Clearinghouse (https://www.fcc.gov/general/accessibility-clearinghouse-0). You'll find expert advice such as alternative screen readers, screen magnifiers and other devices that can make using a computer easier and more enjoyable. We also recommend that you visit AbilityNet's My Computer My Way (https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/), which provides advice on making your computer accessible. DISCLAIMERS This Policy establishes internal guidelines and expectations for the purpose of promoting and advancing digital accessibility on the Lodge Website. Lodge reserves the right to modify this Policy unilaterally at any time. This Policy is not intended to create, nor does it create, any contractual or other legal obligation on Lodge’s part, or any contractual or other legal right for any member of the Harvard community or the general public. The Website contains links to third-party websites. If you click on one of those links, you will be taken to websites we do not control. This Policy does not apply to the information practices of those third-party websites. You should read the accessibility policies and statements of third-party websites carefully. We are not responsible for the content, accessibility policies (or lack thereof), actions or security of third-party websites. All use of the Website is subject to the Website’s Terms and Conditions (https://www.lodgecastiron.com/terms-conditions) and Privacy Policy (https://www.lodgecastiron.com/privacy), which you should review before using or navigating the Website. Amendments We may update this Policy from time to time by publishing a new version across the Website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this Policy. We will notify you of changes to this policy by email, via notification when you access the Website, or by other reasonable means we deem appropriate. Contact Lodge with Your Accessibility Questions/Feedback Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing. If, at any time, you have any specific questions, feedback, or concerns about the accessibility of any particular Web pages on http://www.lodgecastiron.com, please contact us at [email protected]. If you do encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the Web page/URL in your email, and we will make all reasonable efforts to address your concerns.
