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Security report for pet-and-garden.de

Retail · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Pet & Garden is a German-based e-commerce retailer specializing in pet supplies, garden equipment, and agricultural products. The website offers a broad catalog of products targeting pet owners, gardeners, and farmers, with a business model focused on online retail and fast shipping services. The platform is built on Magento (OpenMage variant) and integrates multiple third-party services including Google Analytics, Google Ads, AWIN affiliate tracking, and Actito marketing tools, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and bot protection via Google reCAPTCHA, alongside a consent management platform compliant with IAB TCF v2 standards. However, the absence of explicit privacy and cookie policy pages, as well as lack of published contact information for security or incident response, represent compliance and transparency gaps. Overall, the website is professionally designed with good navigation and content relevance, serving a general audience safely without any adult or questionable content.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
45/ 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

    • 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. 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 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
72
Security headers
35
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
45
Average
66

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 positions itself as a specialized online retailer in the pet and garden sector within Germany, offering a wide range of products including pet food, accessories, garden tools, and agricultural devices. Its competitive advantage lies in a comprehensive product catalog, fast shipping options, and integration with affiliate marketing networks like AWIN. The business model is primarily B2C e-commerce with additional marketing and retargeting strategies via Google Ads and Actito. The target customer segments include pet owners, breeders, gardeners, and small-scale farmers. The website's partnership ecosystem includes trusted advertising and analytics providers, supporting growth and customer acquisition. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance trust by publishing detailed privacy and security policies and improving contact transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and use of Google reCAPTCHA to mitigate automated abuse. Consent management is implemented according to GDPR standards using IAB TCF v2 and Google Consent Mode, reflecting awareness of privacy regulations. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file limits the ability for coordinated vulnerability reporting. Incident response readiness is unclear due to missing contact channels for security issues. Overall, the security culture appears basic but functional, with room for improvement in transparency and header configurations.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policy pages clearly accessible from the website footer or main navigation.
  2. Implement and configure security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy to enhance protection.
  3. Provide explicit contact information for security incidents, including dedicated security or abuse email addresses.
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to comply with standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
Willkommen bei Pet and Garden: Zoohandlung, Gartencenter und landwirtschaftliche Geräte. Finden Sie das Nötigste zu günstigen Preisen auf unserer Website!
Key services
Online sales of pet food and accessories, Garden supplies and equipment, Agricultural tools and devices, Fast shipping (within 24 hours) for many products
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Magento (OpenMage variant), Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Google Ads Conversion Tracking, Google reCAPTCHA, AWIN Affiliate Tracking, Actito marketing platform
Frameworks
Magento frontend framework
Platforms
Web e-commerce platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA for bot protection
  • Consent management platform (CMP) implemented with IAB TCF v2
  • Google Consent Mode integration
  • Affiliate tracking consent management

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads, Google AdSense
Tracking pixels
Google Ads Conversion Tracking, AWIN Affiliate Tracking
Marketing tools
Actito marketing platform
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a German language e-commerce platform specializing in pet and garden products.
  2. No explicit privacy or cookie policy pages found in the scanned content.
  3. Consent management is implemented with IAB TCF v2 and Google Consent Mode.
  4. Uses multiple trusted third-party services for analytics, advertising, and marketing.
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided content.
  6. Website uses HTTPS and modern web fonts and scripts.
  7. Navigation is comprehensive with detailed product categories and subcategories.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  9. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Magento (OpenMage), a widely used e-commerce platform, leveraging modern web fonts and asynchronous loading of scripts for performance optimization. Integration with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and Google Ads indicates a robust analytics and marketing infrastructure. Hosting is managed via Gandi, a reputable provider, as indicated by the nameservers. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design elements and preloaded fonts. Performance is moderate with slick sliders and dynamic content. Technical debt appears low, but explicit security headers are missing. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. Opportunities exist to modernize security configurations and improve accessibility compliance.
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

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