Read-Only Continuity and Access Obligations

How read-only billing states can preserve access continuity when downloads, support, and exports remain available during payment issues.

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Scope

When financial or operational disputes occur, read-only continuity can preserve practical access while preventing uncontrolled content edits.

Operational takeaways

Separate edit permissions from access permissions in system design.

Maintain export and support pathways in read-only states.

Publish clear transitions for overdue, grace-period, and cancellation stages.

A complete lockout can create avoidable access barriers, especially for teams that rely on historical documents.

Read-only continuity keeps key information reachable while commercial issues are resolved.

This approach can reduce service disruption and legal risk during billing transitions.

Downloads remain available for current documents and versions.

Users can still contact support and request remediation guidance.

Offboarding export workflows remain accessible when cancellation is initiated.

Users should see clear in-product notices before and during read-only enforcement.

Billing notifications should include recovery actions and deadlines.

Exit commitments such as export and mirror retention should be documented publicly.

Doing so can increase continuity risk. Maintaining read/download paths is generally a safer operational posture.

No. Support and issue communication should remain available during read-only and grace-period states.

U.S. DOJ: Accessibility of Web Information and ServicesPrimary ADA web accessibility guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Section 508 Laws and PoliciesHigh-level Section 508 legal and policy reference for federal obligations.
Revised 508 Standards (U.S. Access Board)Technical standards frequently mapped to WCAG success criteria.
W3C WCAG 2.2 RecommendationInternationally used accessibility standard referenced by many programs.

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