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Security report for delfi.lv

Delfi · Media · Latvia

Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in GDPR outside view.

Security score

91/100

Risk levelLow

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

Delfi.lv is Latvia's leading news portal, providing daily news, entertainment, and multimedia content to a broad general audience. The website is well-established and recognized as a primary source of news in Latvia, supported by a strong brand presence and consistent content quality. The business model revolves around advertising, subscription services, and multimedia content delivery, positioning Delfi as a major player in the Latvian media landscape. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including JavaScript frameworks, cloud hosting, and integrates multiple third-party services for analytics, advertising, and user engagement. The site is mobile-optimized and demonstrates good SEO and accessibility practices. Security-wise, Delfi enforces HTTPS, uses security headers, and implements a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR standards. However, explicit privacy policy and terms of service pages were not detected in the provided content, which is a gap in transparency and compliance. Overall, Delfi.lv presents a mature digital presence with a solid security posture and extensive user tracking for analytics and advertising purposes.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
90/ 100 · Low
GDPR outside view
82/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
9of 9

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

The NIS2 figure counts only evidence anyone can see from the internet. 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

1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      Tracking continues after "Reject all"

      Guard opened the site in a separate, fresh browser profile, refused consent (Cookiebot decline) as a visitor would, then reloaded the page. These analytics or marketing cookies were set after the refusal: Piano (gckp). Requests also went to cXense (comcluster.cxense.com); Criteo (gum.criteo.com). Storing them after a refusal has no consent basis under ePrivacy Art. 5(3); the CNIL fined Yahoo EUR 10 million in December 2023 for advertising cookies placed although visitors had refused them.

      What to do: Tie every tag to its consent category in the consent platform or tag manager so it stays blocked after a refusal, then repeat the check: reject, reload, and confirm no analytics or marketing cookies appear.

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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
97
Security headers
80
Email security
95
DNS health
95
Network security
100
Website hygiene
85
GDPR outside view
82
Average
91

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.
  • Accessibility: Accessibility is a separate readout from security, so it is reported but not scored. 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

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Leaked records that mention delfi.lv, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
3,016
Employees
16
Customers
2,503
Third parties
497
Weak passwords
19%

Latest record dated 2026-10-06 · 42 subdomains affected

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  • –delfi.lv2026-10-06
  • –www.delfi.lv2026-07-07
  • no•••@delfi.lvdelfi.lv2026-05-27
  • mo•••@delfi.lvdelfi.lv2026-05-20
  • mo•••@delfi.lvwww.delfi.lv2025-11-09

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Brand lookalikes

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Domains that imitate delfi.lv and could be used for phishing or spoofed email, tracked in OffSeq Breach.

Tracked
10
Registered
10
Resolving
8
High or critical
0

Last checked 2026-10-25

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  • de•••.lvMediumomission
  • de•••.lvMediumomission
  • el•••.lvMediumomission

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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

Delfi.lv holds a dominant market position as Latvia's most popular news portal, targeting a general audience interested in current events and entertainment. The business leverages advertising revenue and subscription models facilitated by partners like Piano.io and Stripe. Its partnership ecosystem includes major analytics and marketing platforms such as Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, and Adform, enhancing its monetization and user engagement capabilities. The absence of explicit contact information and legal disclosures in the analyzed content suggests areas for improvement in corporate transparency. The website's integration with multiple social media platforms strengthens its outreach and audience engagement. Strategic observations indicate Delfi's focus on multimedia content and interactive features to maintain market leadership.

Security posture

Delfi.lv demonstrates a strong security posture with enforced HTTPS, Content Security Policy, and anti-CSRF tokens. The use of bot detection cookies and cookie consent frameworks indicates a proactive approach to security and privacy compliance. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the lack of published security policies and incident response contacts limits transparency and may hinder effective vulnerability reporting and management. Compliance with GDPR is supported by the cookie consent mechanism, but the absence of a visible privacy policy page is a compliance gap. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by publishing formal security documentation and vulnerability disclosure policies.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the homepage.
  2. Implement and publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Add a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and cookies to minimize privacy risks and security vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance user communication regarding data retention and processing practices to strengthen GDPR compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Delfi
Description
DELFI - Latvijas populārākais ziņu portāls. Aktuālās ziņas katru dienu, kā arī daudz citu jaunumu un izklaides - lasi DELFI.
Key services
News publishing, Entertainment content, Advertising, Subscription services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, Cookiebot, Cloudflare (implied by cookies and scripts), Stripe (payment processing), Typeform (forms), Sli.do (interactive events), JW Player (video streaming)
Frameworks
TCFv2.2 (Cookiebot consent framework)
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with granular controls
  • Use of anti-CSRF tokens (implied by cookies like csrftoken)
  • Use of bot detection cookies (__cf_bm)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Microsoft Clarity, Google Tag Manager, Cxense
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Adform
Tracking pixels
Microsoft Clarity, Cxense
Marketing tools
Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is a major Latvian news portal with extensive content and multimedia.
  2. Strong cookie consent and privacy mechanisms are in place.
  3. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages found in the provided content.
  4. Use of multiple third-party services for analytics, advertising, and user engagement.
  5. Good security posture with HTTPS and security headers.
  6. No signs of WAF blocking or content restrictions.
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  8. Social media presence is strong with official accounts linked in metadata.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern JavaScript-based frontend framework, likely Vue.js or React, with module-based script loading and cloud-hosted assets on AWS S3 and Cloudflare. It integrates multiple third-party services for analytics, advertising, and user engagement, including Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, Cookiebot, Stripe, and Typeform. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as focus outlines and ARIA roles. Performance is moderate, with extensive use of external scripts that may impact load times. The technical infrastructure is robust but could benefit from optimization of third-party dependencies and enhanced documentation of backend services.
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. 51/100Medium38 findingsView report
  2. 51/100 −1Medium38 findingsView report
  3. 52/100 −1Medium36 findingsView report
  4. 53/100 −10Medium36 findingsView report
  5. 63/100Medium27 findingsView report
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