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Security report for mcdonalds.com

McDonald's · Retail · Finland

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

McDonald's Finland website presents a comprehensive and professionally designed digital presence tailored for Finnish consumers. The site offers detailed information about their fast food products, delivery services via McDelivery partners, mobile app rewards, and sustainability initiatives. The business model focuses on quick service restaurant operations with strong emphasis on customer engagement through digital channels. Technically, the site leverages Adobe Experience Manager CMS, Adobe marketing and analytics tools, and is hosted on AWS infrastructure with Akamai CDN for content delivery. However, a critical security issue is the invalid or missing SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS enforcement, which undermines user trust and security. Privacy policies and terms of service are well documented and GDPR compliant, but no explicit cookie consent mechanism was detected. Overall, the site is rich in content and user experience but requires urgent remediation of SSL and HTTPS configurations to meet modern security standards.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  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

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  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 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
65
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
50

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
25,861
Employees
1
Customers
12,041
Third parties
13,819
Weak passwords
4%

Latest record dated 2025-04-14 · 47 subdomains affected

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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

McDonald's holds a dominant market position in the fast food retail sector globally and locally in Finland. The website reflects a mature business with extensive service offerings including dine-in, takeaway, and delivery via partners like Wolt and Foodora. The mobile app with rewards program indicates a focus on customer retention and digital engagement. The presence of sustainability content and family-oriented services highlights brand values aligned with modern consumer expectations. Partnerships with delivery platforms and feedback services demonstrate a robust ecosystem supporting operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Security posture

The website implements several security headers such as X-XSS-Protection, X-Frame-Options, and Content-Type Options, indicating awareness of common web security practices. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols represent critical vulnerabilities that expose users to risks such as data interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. Lack of OCSP stapling and session resumption further degrade security and performance. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is publicly available, which could be improved to enhance transparency and trust. Immediate action to renew and properly configure SSL/TLS is essential.

Recommendations

  1. Renew and correctly install a valid SSL certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve security and performance.
  4. Add a clear cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations.
  5. Publish security policies and vulnerability disclosure guidelines to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and scalable technology stack centered around Adobe Experience Manager CMS, supported by Adobe Launch for tag management and Helix RUM for real user monitoring. Hosting on AWS with Akamai CDN ensures global content delivery and reliability. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility features. Performance metrics are moderate, with room for improvement in load times and resource optimization. The use of Google Maps API and integration with delivery partners enhances user experience. Technical debt is minimal, but the critical SSL/TLS misconfiguration poses a significant risk to business operations and user trust.
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. 79/100Low27 findingsView report
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