Skip to main content

Security report for laquadrature.net

La Quadrature du Net · Non-profit · France

Medium risk. 7 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

La Quadrature du Net is a French non-profit organization dedicated to defending fundamental freedoms in the digital realm, focusing on issues such as censorship, surveillance, and digital rights. The website is well-maintained, multilingual, and provides up-to-date content on relevant legislative and social issues. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using modern JavaScript libraries like jQuery, with HTTPS enforced, ensuring secure communications. However, the absence of WHOIS data for the domain raises concerns about domain registration transparency, although the website itself appears legitimate and professional. Security practices are generally good, but the lack of security headers and cookie consent mechanisms indicate areas for improvement. Overall, the site serves its advocacy mission effectively but could enhance trust and compliance by addressing these gaps.

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

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 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

    • 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

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching laquadrature.net

This scan found 25 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.

Daily monitoring

Recommended

€25per month

  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.

Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. See sample alerts.

Full report

€39.90one-time

  • The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
  • Email delivery with an unlock code
  • Lifetime access to this report

Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.

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
85
Security headers
35
Email security
60
DNS health
60
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

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 laquadrature.net, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
263
Employees
0
Customers
263
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
5%

6 subdomains affected

See the 10 newest leaked credentials

A one-off add-on to this report that lists the most recent identifier and password pairs OffSeq Breach holds for laquadrature.net.

Select it in the checkout above.

Breach keeps ingesting new leaks, so these numbers can grow between scans.

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The organization operates in the non-profit sector, focusing on digital rights advocacy primarily in France and Europe. Its business model revolves around activism, public campaigns, legal challenges, and community engagement rather than commercial revenue. The website targets internet users, activists, and policymakers concerned with digital freedoms. The presence of multilingual content suggests an intent to reach a broader European audience. The organization maintains a consistent brand and active communication channels, including social media. The lack of explicit contact information on the homepage may limit direct engagement but aligns with privacy-conscious practices. The missing WHOIS data is unusual and could be a privacy measure or an oversight, warranting further investigation.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS, which is a critical security baseline. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of common security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces the overall security posture. There is no visible cookie consent mechanism, which may impact GDPR compliance. No incident response or security policy pages were found, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are published. These gaps suggest that while the site is secure in basic terms, it lacks advanced security hygiene and transparency measures. Addressing these would improve resilience against attacks and enhance user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply with GDPR and improve privacy transparency.
  3. Publish clear incident response and security policy documentation accessible from the website.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Investigate and clarify domain WHOIS registration status to improve legitimacy and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
La Quadrature du Net
Description
La Quadrature du Net promeut et défend les libertés fondamentales remises en question par certains usages des outils informatiques. L’association lutte par exemple contre la censure et la surveillance, que celles-ci viennent des États ou des entreprises privées.
Key services
Advocacy for digital rights, Campaigns against censorship and surveillance, Legal actions and public awareness
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.7.1, jQuery Migrate 3.4.1, WordPress, PHP, CSS3, HTML5
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected in scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
WP Statistics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is primarily in French with multilingual support.
  3. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on homepage.
  4. No explicit cookie consent banner detected.
  5. No terms of service page found in navigation or metadata.
  6. Active blog with recent posts on digital rights topics.
  7. Use of HTTPS and modern web technologies.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  9. WHOIS data missing, which is unusual and reduces trust score.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress with a modern front-end stack including jQuery and CSS3. It uses a custom theme 'apprenti' and several plugins such as footnotes and menu-image. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices including meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, with no major issues detected in the HTML content. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with more ARIA roles and semantic markup. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the organization's mission effectively but could benefit from enhanced security and privacy features.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with laquadrature.net. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review laquadrature.net.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.