Step 1
Identify whether sign-in is required and document the complete account access path.
Practical review guide · Free worksheet
Test accessible sign-in during checkout
Direct answerReview password entry, recovery and any cognitive or interaction barriers in the required sign-in path. Check support for password managers and pasting where relevant.
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These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Test password manager use, paste behavior and field names with assistive technology.
Step 3
Exercise recovery and any verification challenge in a controlled account.
Step 4
Record an accessible alternative or the absence of one for each blocking step.
Worked example
A checkout requires sign-in but blocks password paste and presents a puzzle with no usable alternative.
What the reviewer finds
- Password paste is disabled.
- The recovery challenge has no usable nonvisual alternative.
Resulting record
An authentication journey test with blocked steps and recovery evidence.
Boundary: Authentication security and applicable accessibility exceptions need separate, coordinated review.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
Download the blank working record
The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Access step
- Input support
- Challenge type
- Alternative path
- Recovery result
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
Authentication security and applicable accessibility exceptions need separate, coordinated review.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page