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Accessibility Statement

for Bostons.com

BP International Rights Holdings Inc. is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Bostons.com is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Bostons.com. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Bostons.com:

The Company provides appropriate auxiliary aids and service to disabled individuals to enable them to obtain the content and use Bostons.com.  Please contact us to request auxiliary aids and services.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Bostons.com relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Bostons.com, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Bostons.com:

  1. Online Ordering: The online ordering system is controlled by a third-party and may not conform to the same AA standards as the rest of the site. If you are having issues with the online ordering system, please contact us and we will gladly help.

  2. Online Gift Card Management: The online Gift Card management system is controlled by a third-party and may not conform to the same AA standards as the rest of the site. If you are having issues with the online gift card system, please contact us and we will gladly help.

  3. ReCaptcha checkboxes: ReCaptcha checkboxes on contact forms are controlled by a third-party and may not conform to the same AA standards as the rest of the site. If you are having issues with the online contact forms, please use the email or phone number contact information provided on this page.

  4. PDF documents provided on website: These PDF documents may not be fully accessible because they are intended for printing purposes. The information provided in the PDFs should be available to you on the website. If you need help accessing information within a PDF on our website, please reach out to us and we will gladly help.

  5. Page content: Certain page titles and link components are not being communicated correctly to assistive technology. We are actively working to address these issues. If you need help accessing information not being correctly communicated via assistive technology, please reach out to us and we will gladly help.

  6. Content adaptability: Some content on the site may be lost at certain viewport settings, such as increased magnification or increased text spacing. We are actively working to address these issues. If you need help accessing information affected by your viewport settings, please reach out to us and we will gladly help.

  7. Keyboard navigation: Certain interactive components do not receive keyboard focus in a logical order. We are actively working to address these issues. If you need help accessing information affected by keyboard navigation, please reach out to us and we will gladly help.

Assessment approach

BP International Rights Holdings Inc. assessed the accessibility of Bostons.com by the following approaches:

  • Third-party manual accessibility audit of representative sample pages against WCAG 2.1 AA criteria, completed January 2024 by Accessible Web. We are actively correcting the issues identified in that audit, and have engaged with Accessible Web for continuing accessibility support. 

    Self-evaluation utilizing a third-party tool called Accessible Web RAMP to continuously monitor accessibility as the site is updated over time.


This statement was updated on 23 May 2025