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Security report for penny.de

PENNY · Retail · Germany

Partial score · DNS & email only

68/100

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

PENNY is a major German discount grocery retailer offering affordable food products with a focus on quality and local market presence. The website serves as a digital storefront and information portal for customers, featuring online shopping and market location services. The technical infrastructure leverages modern web technologies including Adobe Dynamic Tag Management and Usercentrics for consent management, hosted on Google Domains infrastructure. The site demonstrates good digital maturity with responsive design and performance optimizations. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and consent-based third-party content embedding, though some security headers and explicit security policies are absent. Overall, the site is trustworthy and compliant with GDPR, providing a safe and professional user experience.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
33/ 100 · High
Checks completed
6of 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

4 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

    • 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

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
67
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
33
Average
68

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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

PENNY operates in the retail grocery sector as a discount supermarket chain targeting German consumers. Its business model focuses on cost-effective food retailing with a strong physical presence complemented by online services. The company benefits from brand consistency and trust signals such as privacy compliance and professional analytics. The partnership ecosystem includes Adobe and Usercentrics for marketing and compliance. Growth indicators are implied by the site's comprehensive content and technical sophistication. The absence of explicit contact details on the main page suggests a focus on in-store customer service and digital self-service.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and integrates consent management to comply with privacy regulations, blocking Google Maps and YouTube embeds until user consent is given. Adobe DTM is used for analytics, indicating professional tracking practices. However, the site lacks visible security headers like Content-Security-Policy and does not publish a dedicated security policy or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The security score is good but could be improved by adding explicit security documentation and headers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a dedicated security policy page detailing security frameworks and incident response procedures.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection.
  3. Publish a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and improve transparency.
  4. Include clear contact information for security incidents and data protection officer details to strengthen compliance.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
PENNY
Description
Bei Penny.de findest du günstige Angebote, gute Qualität und das zu besten Preisen. PENNY ist ein Lebensmittel-Discounter mit Märkten in der Nachbarschaft.
Key services
Lebensmittel-Discounter, Online shopping, Marktsuche
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Adobe DTM, Usercentrics, Google Domains DNS, React (implied by module scripts), CSS preloading, JavaScript modules
Frameworks
Adobe Dynamic Tag Management
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for third-party services
  • Blocking of Google Maps and YouTube embeds until consent

Analytics and tracking

Services
Adobe Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Adobe DTM, Usercentrics
Marketing tools
Adobe Analytics, Usercentrics Consent Management
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional retail grocery discount store site in Germany.
  2. Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent management.
  3. Use of Adobe and Usercentrics for analytics and consent.
  4. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on main page HTML.
  5. No security.txt or explicit security policy pages found.
  6. No WAF or blocking detected; site fully accessible.
  7. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack with module-based JavaScript, CSS preloading, and asynchronous loading of analytics and consent scripts. Hosting is managed via Google Domains DNS with CDN usage for media assets. Performance is moderate with optimizations for desktop and mobile images. Accessibility is basic but functional. SEO is supported by canonical links and meta descriptions. The site could benefit from enhanced accessibility features and more comprehensive SEO metadata. No CMS was explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform.
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. 66/100Medium26 findings · partial scanView report
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