The European Accessibility Act Is the New GDPR — And You're Already Late

* The EAA is now law. Fines are rolling in. France sued four retailers. Norway imposed daily penalties on a health app. Here's the 7 violations hiding in your codebase — with code fixes. * In November 2025, two French disability rights organizations filed emergency injunctions against four of France's largest grocery retailers — Auchan, Carrefour, E. Leclerc, and Picard Surgeles. The charge: digital discrimination against 2 million visually impaired people in France who cannot use these retailers' websites and mobile apps to shop independently. In Norway, the Health Authority imposed compulsory daily fines of 50,000 kroner (~$5,360/day) on HelsaMi, a medical app used by nearly half a million residents, for failing to meet digital accessibility standards. Sweden's Post and Telecom Agency launched its first regulatory cases targeting e-commerce. The Netherlands warned companies that incomplete compliance reports will trigger priority audits in early 2026. Italy began issuing 90-day remed