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Security report for bookshop.org

Retail · United States

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The website bookshop.org is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge, which blocks direct access to the site's content. This prevents extraction of business descriptions, policies, contact information, or other detailed content. The domain is well-established, registered since 1998, and uses Cloudflare services for security and performance. The lack of visible privacy or cookie policies and contact details in the accessible content limits the ability to assess compliance and user support features. The security posture benefits from Cloudflare's protection, but the inability to analyze the actual site content results in a low overall AI score. Strategic recommendations include ensuring public access to key compliance documents and contact information once the WAF challenge is passed.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
75
Security headers
55
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
70

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

Add-on

Leaked records that mention bookshop.org, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
2,159
Employees
5
Customers
2,127
Third parties
27
Weak passwords
7%

Latest record dated 2026-05-26 · 7 subdomains affected

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  • –uk.bookshop.org2026-05-26
  • –staging-es.bookshop.org2026-05-25
  • –ca.bookshop.org2025-07-20
  • –es.bookshop.org2025-04-20
  • –support.bookshop.org2025-04-20

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Based on WHOIS data and domain age, bookshop.org appears to be a legitimate retail business likely focused on books or e-commerce. The domain's long registration period supports a stable market presence. However, no direct business information or marketing content is accessible due to the security challenge. The use of Cloudflare indicates a focus on security and performance. Without access to the site content, insights into revenue streams, partnerships, or customer segments cannot be determined.

Security posture

The site employs Cloudflare's security mechanisms including Turnstile CAPTCHA and Cloudflare Insights for analytics, indicating a proactive security approach. However, the absence of visible security headers or policies in the accessible content limits detailed security assessment. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the accessible HTML. The domain uses HTTPS and has clientTransferProhibited status, which are positive indicators. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are not publicly available.

Recommendations

  1. Ensure that privacy and cookie policies are publicly accessible and clearly linked on the website.
  2. Provide visible and verified contact information including support and security contacts.
  3. Publish a security policy and incident response plan to enhance trust and compliance.
  4. Review WAF settings to balance security with accessibility for legitimate users and analysts.
  5. Implement structured data and metadata to improve SEO and content discoverability.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Detected Cloudflare Turnstile challenge page indicating WAF/security challenge blocking access to actual website content. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare Turnstile, Cloudflare Insights

Analytics and tracking

Services
Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
moderate

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights

Site quality

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked by Cloudflare Turnstile challenge, preventing full content analysis.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided HTML content.
  3. No contact information or business details visible in the HTML content.
  4. WHOIS data indicates a legitimate, long-registered domain with consistent registration details.
  5. Technical stack includes Cloudflare security and analytics services.
  6. No explicit or adult content detected; content safety rating is safe.
  7. Due to WAF blocking, most content and compliance assessments are incomplete.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is protected by Cloudflare, utilizing Turnstile CAPTCHA for bot mitigation and Cloudflare Insights for analytics. The HTML content is minimal and serves as a challenge page, indicating a security-first approach but limiting content availability. No CMS or other frameworks are detectable from the provided content. Performance and mobile optimization cannot be assessed due to content blocking. The domain uses Cloudflare name servers and is registered with Network Solutions, LLC. The technical stack is modern but access restrictions limit further analysis.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 70/100Medium28 findingsView report
  2. 70/100Medium28 findingsView report
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