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Security report for brunelvolunteers.com

Other · Japan

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website brunelvolunteers.com is a Japanese language affiliate and informational site focused on men's beard hair removal services in the Ginza district of Tokyo. It provides detailed content about the benefits of beard removal, local salon rankings, and affiliate links to popular providers such as メンズTBC and RINX. The site targets men interested in grooming and aesthetic treatments, operating primarily as an affiliate marketing platform. Technically, the site uses basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with Shift_JIS encoding, hosted under a domain registered in 2020 with GMO Internet Group. The site is accessible over HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers and privacy policies, indicating moderate security and compliance maturity. No contact emails or phone numbers are provided, which limits direct user engagement and trust signals. Affiliate tracking scripts are present, with moderate user tracking but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the site is functional and relevant for its niche but requires improvements in privacy compliance and security hardening.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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

8 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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

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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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
50
Average
52

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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Brunelvolunteers.com operates as a niche affiliate marketing site in the men's grooming sector, specifically focusing on beard hair removal in Ginza, Tokyo. Its business model relies on affiliate commissions from referrals to established salons. The site leverages detailed local content and rankings to attract its target audience of men seeking grooming services. The domain age and registration data support legitimacy, but the lack of direct company information and contact details suggests a small-scale operation. The site’s partnership ecosystem includes well-known salons, enhancing credibility. Growth potential depends on improving privacy compliance and expanding direct user engagement channels.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS enabled but lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options. No privacy or cookie policies are present, which is a compliance gap under GDPR and similar regulations. No incident response or security contact information is provided. The presence of affiliate tracking scripts indicates moderate user data collection without explicit consent mechanisms. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, with recommendations to implement security headers, privacy policies, and incident response contacts to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Provide clear contact information including a dedicated security or abuse email address.
  4. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain name system security.
  5. Enhance user trust by adding company legal information and verified contact details.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
The website provides detailed information and rankings about men's beard hair removal (髭脱毛) services in Ginza, Tokyo. It focuses on medical and aesthetic hair removal clinics and salons, offering insights into benefits, pricing, and recommended providers. It also highlights local salon locations and features affiliate links to popular men's hair removal salons such as メンズTBC and RINX.
Key services
Information and rankings on men's beard hair removal salons, Affiliate referrals to hair removal service providers
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Research Artisan Pro
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Affiliate networks via t.afi-b.com
Tracking pixels
Research Artisan Pro tracking
Marketing tools
Affiliate marketing
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
good
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is an affiliate marketing and informational site focused on men's beard hair removal in Ginza, Japan.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the site.
  4. Site uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers.
  5. Affiliate links and tracking scripts are present, with moderate user tracking.
  6. Content is in Japanese with Shift_JIS charset, targeting local Japanese audience.
  7. No social media links or company legal information found.
  8. WHOIS data is transparent and domain is not privacy protected.
  9. No WAF or blocking detected; site fully accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without use of modern frameworks or CMS platforms. It uses Shift_JIS character encoding targeting Japanese users. Hosting is via a registrar-associated provider with DNS hosted on xserver.jp name servers. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is basic with meta viewport and canonical tags but lacks Open Graph or Twitter Card metadata. The site includes affiliate tracking scripts and pixels from Research Artisan Pro. Technical debt is low but modernization opportunities include adopting UTF-8 encoding, improving mobile responsiveness, and implementing modern SEO and accessibility standards.
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

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