Product Responsibility

NEC is committed to providing solutions for society that contribute to greater safety, security, efficiency and equality. This commitment extends to reasonable conformity with standards and regulations that pertains to the technology sector and to technology products.

Advanced Recognition Systems Accessibility

What is Accessibility?

Accessibility means easy to access and easy to approach, and indicates the extent to which a product, service or solution is available to be used by many users, including seniors and persons with disabilities.

Necessity of Accessibility

Regulations and standards related to accessibility such as U.S. Rehabilitation Act Section 508 and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) W3C 2.0 as well as Japan's JIS X 8341 "Design guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities" are linked internationally, so considering accessibility has become a prerequisite of software development and hardware manufacturing as local governments stipulate these regulations.

In a development or manufacturing process, required standards must be followed, and the number of users who may not be able to use the product must be minimized by assuming as broad a scope of potential users as possible.

Accessibility at NEC

The NEC Group defines high accessibility as making products, services and solutions accessible to a greater number of users.

The NEC Group strives to create products, systems and websites that take accessibility into account so that a greater number of users can use the products, services and solutions.

NEC Corporation of America's Advanced Recognition Systems has a Core Accessibility Team responsible for the implementation and conformance of our products, solutions and services serving our government and commercial sector customers and their users to the applicable accessibility codes, exceptions, regulations and standards.

Products Compliant With U.S. Rehabilitation Act: Section 508

Based on Section 508 Standards, NEC Advanced Recognition System solutions are as follows:

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Web Accessibility Framework

NEC Corporation of America based upon its interpretation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 believes that its principal website - necam.com - reasonably supports its standard and regulation recommendations.

Kari's Law & The RAY BAUM's Act

Emergency 911 Regulations

Being compliant with Kari's Law and the RAY BAUM's Act involves multiline telephone systems (MLTS) in building enviroments supporting specific emergency 911 functionality. Kari's Law includes direct dial to 911 services and the notification of designated personnel when an emergency call is made, while the RAY BAUM's Act relates to the identification of dispatchable locations of 911 callers.

Kari's Law Compliant

NEC is pleased to state that all of the company's communications systems have always supported a completely flexible dial plan. This means all currently supported NEC communications platforms are programmable to be compliant with Kari's Law without any need for software or hardware upgrades.

Kari's Law requires that all outbound dialing MLTS must provide direct access to 911 service without the caller having to dial an initial number, digit, prefix or other access number before dialing 911. While numerous states have their own version of Kari's Law, a nationwide version, H.R. 582 (115th): Kari's Law Act of 2017, was signed into law in 2018 and took effect February 16, 2020. Kari's Law specially applies to 911 access and notification of a 911 call to a central location on the site of the facilities where a call is placed and to an optional additional location per Rule 251.15.

Due to NEC's foresight in supporting a flexible dial plan, customers can easily adapt to regulatory changes like Kari's Law.

RAY BAUM's Act Compliance

Created to ensure faster and more accurate responses to 911 calls, Section 506 of the RAY BAUM's Act requires that all Multi-Line Telephone Systems (referred to as MLTS) provide a "dispatchable location" on all emergency 911 calls. A dispatchable location is defined not only as the street address of the 911 calling party, but also must include additional information such as room number, floor number, or similar information necessary to adequately identify the location of the calling party.

NEC as a manufacturer of MLTS products has the responsibility to ensure all new NEC platform shipments are capable of providing dispatchable location data. NEC has committed to meeting the requirements for all current platform models.

In order to provide dispatchable location information, the current NEC platforms noted in the table below may be upgraded to the latest software version made available as indicated. All UNIVERGE SV9000 and UNIVERGE 3C platforms require active Software Assurance (SWA) to upgrade to the latest software.

All NEC platforms must also support SIP Trunking in order to deliver dispatchable location information. If your platform does not currently support SIP Trunking, NEC can provide the necessary hardware and licensing to support SIP trunks. NEC's UNIVERGE BLUE SIP TRUNKING offering will be fully tested and certified to support dispatchable location with all current platforms (SL2100, UNIVERGE SV9100 with CP20, SV9300, SV9500 and UNIVERGE 3C).

Legacy Platforms: SV8x00, SL1100 and earlier NEC voice platforms are not compliant with, nor can they be upgraded without migration to provide dispatchable location data.

While the FCC does not explicitly require legacy devices or currently installed systems, including those using non-SIP Trunk types (Analog Loop Start, T1, PRI etc.) to be retrofitted to meet compliance, NEC strongly recommends that customers migrate legacy platforms to meet these new requirements to provide a safe environment for employees, customers, and visitors, and avoid any potential liability related to 911 calls. Customers with legacy platforms should contact their NEC representative to explore migration options as soon as possible.

NDAA Section 889

Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act - otherwise known as NDAA Section 889 - prohibits the U.S. Government from purchasing or contracting with organizations that use video and telecommunication equipment or components from certain Chinese companies.

The companies, including any associated subsidiaries or affiliates, are:

According to NDAA Section 889, federal contractors are required to certify that no covered equipment is sold to the U.S. Government, and if services are provided, it is not using covered equipment to provide the services.

It is NEC Corporation of America's intent to comply with all applicable supplier requirements of NDAA Section 889.

Open Source Software & License Agreement

Many of the additional components of the NEC system contain open source software (OSS) developed by third parties without any affiliation with NEC.

For NEC hardware/software products containing open source software, we want you to know that you may have been granted a license to that software under the terms of either the GNU General Public License ("GPL"), or the GNU Lesser General Public License ("LGPL"), or a similar type of license. Copies of GNU GPL and LGPL are freely available from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html. The GPL allows you to freely copy, modify and redistribute that software and no other statement or documentation, including any End User License Agreement, places any additional restrictions on what you may do with that software. Web links to copies of other applicable open source software licenses are presented below for each product.

Furthermore, the source code for the open source software used in NEC products may be obtained from NEC. See NEC Contact Information below. Alternatively the source code may be obtained online, directly from its publisher.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Section 508

NEC Corporation of America, based upon its interpretation of the Section 508 regulations, reasonably believes that its products may support some of the features set forth under Section 1194.23 - Telecommunications Products. However, the information herein is not a representation of conformance or compliance and is provided for informational purposes only.

State of California Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act

The California Legislature passed the Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act of 2003 requiring the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt best management practices regulations for perchlorate materials. The perchlorate regulations require that those who manufacture products, or who bring products into California for distribution, label those products to inform consumers of the perchlorate content. The information may appear on the product itself, on the product label, in a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), or on a product insert.

For more information, please visit the State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control Perchlorate website page. www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate

If a printed notification to the corrected web site related to the State of California Perchlorate Contaimination Prevention Act of 2003 is needed please download here.

Supplier Declaration of Conformity

With a declaration of conformity we declare that a specific NEC product to the best of our knowledge complies with the appropriate technical standards as set forth by the US Federal Communications Commission's Declaration of Conformity.

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