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Security report for dielinke-europa.eu

Die Linke im Europaparlament · Government · Belgium

High risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

42/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Die Linke im Europaparlament is a political group representing left-wing interests within the European Parliament, focusing on social justice, peace, and democracy in Europe. The website serves as an information hub for their parliamentary activities, news, publications, and contact with representatives. It targets European citizens interested in progressive politics and EU governance. The organization maintains a consistent brand presence and leverages official EU affiliations to establish trust. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with common plugins such as Contact Form 7 and uses modern web technologies including jQuery and FontAwesome. The site is hosted by http.net Internet GmbH and demonstrates moderate performance with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO practices are well implemented with proper metadata and Open Graph tags. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and includes privacy consent mechanisms in its contact forms, aligning with GDPR requirements. However, it lacks advanced security headers and a public vulnerability disclosure policy. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The WHOIS data indicates a consistent and legitimate domain registration. Overall, the website presents a professional and trustworthy digital presence for a political organization, with room for improvement in security hardening and cookie consent implementation to enhance privacy compliance and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 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

6 findings 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.

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Critical

      Unable to retrieve SSL certificate

      Could not establish secure connection to retrieve certificate information

      What to do: Check if the server is accessible and SSL/TLS is properly configured

  3. 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 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';…

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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
0
Security headers
40
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
28
Average
42

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

The website represents a political entity within the European Parliament, positioning itself as a key voice for left-wing policies in Europe. Its business model revolves around political representation and public engagement rather than commercial activities. The site provides news, speeches, and publications to inform constituents and supporters. The presence of official logos, social media channels, and a contact form with GDPR consent indicates a mature approach to stakeholder communication. The organization operates primarily in the government and non-profit sectors, with a medium-sized digital footprint. There is no indication of parent companies or subsidiaries. The site’s partnership ecosystem includes social media platforms but no direct commercial partners. Growth indicators include regular content updates and active social media engagement. The site’s strategic focus is on transparency, accessibility, and political advocacy within the EU framework.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid baseline security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and secure form handling including consent checkboxes. The absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options suggests potential areas for enhancement to mitigate risks like clickjacking and cross-site scripting. No evidence of vulnerable or outdated libraries was found in the provided content. The lack of a public vulnerability disclosure or incident response contact limits transparency in security incident management. GDPR compliance is supported through privacy policy availability and consent mechanisms in forms, but cookie consent is missing. Overall, the security maturity is moderate with recommendations to implement additional headers, cookie consent, and a security.txt file to improve resilience and trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner to comply fully with GDPR cookie regulations.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to enhance transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Regularly audit and update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Provide explicit incident response contact information for security issues to build trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Die Linke im Europaparlament
Description
Political group representing The Left in the European Parliament, focusing on social, peaceful, and democratic Europe.
Key services
Political representation, Information on parliamentary activities, News and publications, Contact and engagement with representatives
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, jQuery, FontAwesome, Contact Form 7, PHP, CSS3, HTML5
Frameworks
WordPress CMS
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of nonce and AJAX security tokens in forms
  • Privacy consent checkbox in contact form

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a political group site for The Left in the European Parliament.
  2. Content is in German with some English elements.
  3. Uses WordPress CMS with standard plugins and themes.
  4. Includes social media links to official platforms.
  5. Contact form includes GDPR consent checkbox.
  6. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure.
  7. No cookie consent banner detected.
  8. No phone numbers or emails explicitly listed in visible content.
  9. Footer includes physical address in Brussels, Belgium.
  10. No advertising or tracking scripts detected beyond standard WordPress and social media.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform using standard plugins such as Contact Form 7 and FontAwesome for icons. It employs jQuery for client-side scripting and uses CSS variables for theming and responsive design. The site loads resources from its own domain and trusted external domains such as social media and WordPress core servers. Performance is moderate with optimized images and responsive layouts. Accessibility is basic with some ARIA labels and skip links but could be improved. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph data, and structured navigation. Hosting is provided by http.net Internet GmbH, a known registrar and hosting provider. There is no evidence of advanced caching or CDN usage in the provided data.
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. 54/100Medium32 findingsView report
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