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Security report for oldpostcards.com

OldPostcards.com · Retail · United States

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

40/100

Risk levelHigh

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

OldPostcards.com is a mature, niche e-commerce retailer specializing in vintage and collectible postcards, operating since 1998. The website offers a broad catalog of postcards including US states, world countries, trade cards, and thematic categories, targeting collectors and enthusiasts. The business maintains multiple related stores and demonstrates consistent branding and trust signals such as BBB accreditation and PayPal acceptance. Technically, the site is built on the ShopSite Pro platform with a traditional Apache hosting environment and uses common web technologies like jQuery and Bootstrap. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate, resulting in no HTTPS support, which is a critical security deficiency. Privacy compliance is minimal, with no cookie consent mechanism and only basic privacy and terms of service pages. The site employs several analytics and marketing tools including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and Constant Contact, but without clear user privacy controls. Overall, the site is functional and professional but requires urgent security and privacy improvements.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

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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  • Security score drift

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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
50
Security headers
15
Email security
50
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
25
Average
40

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 company holds a strong position in the vintage postcard retail niche with a long-established domain and multiple specialized storefronts. Its business model is direct online sales supported by a single shopping cart system integrating four stores. The target audience is collectors and vintage postcard enthusiasts, with offerings including gift certificates and customer support. The presence of BBB accreditation and social media engagement enhances credibility. The company appears small in size but well-focused, with a consistent brand and clear market positioning. The lack of advanced certifications or security policies suggests a traditional retail operation without extensive enterprise security investments.

Security posture

The website's security posture is weak due to the absence of HTTPS, no valid SSL certificate, and missing security headers. While no active vulnerabilities like Heartbleed or POODLE were detected, the lack of encryption exposes users to data interception risks. There is no evidence of incident response policies or security frameworks. The site does not implement cookie consent or GDPR compliance mechanisms, which could pose regulatory risks. The use of multiple third-party tracking and marketing tools without explicit privacy controls further complicates compliance. Immediate remediation of SSL and privacy policies is recommended to improve security maturity.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Implement a comprehensive privacy and cookie policy with user consent mechanisms to comply with GDPR and other regulations.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to harden the site against common web attacks.
  4. Establish and publish an incident response policy and contact channels for security issues.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to ensure privacy compliance and minimize user tracking.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The site uses a legacy but stable e-commerce platform (ShopSite Pro) hosted on Apache servers with a traditional tech stack including jQuery and Bootstrap for UI. Performance metrics are unavailable but inferred to be slow due to missing load time data. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design elements. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. However, the lack of HTTPS and modern security practices indicates technical debt and potential risks. The site could benefit from modernization including HTTPS adoption, improved performance optimization, and enhanced accessibility 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 75/100Medium5 findings · partial scanView report
  2. 75/100Medium4 findings · partial scanView report
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