- Success Criterion 3.3.4
- Conformance level AA
Legal Commitment Submitted With No Review-and-Confirm Step
3.3.4 — Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)
Scenario
Setting
A podcast app's episode list
What’s wrong
Legal commitments (e-signature, consent) submitted without a review-and-confirm stage.
Example
Open a podcast app's episode list and this is what you'll see: legal commitments (e-signature, consent) submitted without a review-and-confirm stage.
Why it matters
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes. The practical effect on a podcast app's episode list: they lose their progress and have to start over.
How to test
Submit a legal commitment (e-signature, consent): if there's no review-and-confirm stage before it's final, it fails.
How to fix
The submission must be reversible, checked with a chance to correct, or confirmed through an editable review step.
Outcome
That one change on a podcast app's episode list means they see exactly what went wrong and how to fix it.
Who is affected
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes.
Learn more
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Related scenarios
- Binding Purchase Submitted With No Review Step Beforehand
- One-Click Order Placed With No Chance to Review It First
- Permanent Data Deletion With No Confirmation or Undo
- Review Page That Isn’t Actually Editable Before Final Submission
- Financial Transfer Form That Never Confirms the Entered Details
- Exam Answer Locked In Instantly With No Chance to Review