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Security report for playnorthaffiliates.com

Play North®️ Affiliates · Other · Malta

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

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Play North®️ Affiliates operates as an affiliate marketing platform specializing in hyperlocal online casino brands targeting regulated markets, primarily in Europe. The company offers affiliate marketers opportunities to promote brands like Kansino, which is active in the Dutch licensed market. The website presents a professional and consistent brand image with clear calls to action and testimonials from partners, indicating a stable market position and a focus on player value and fast payouts. The business is relatively young, founded around 2019, with offices in Malta and Estonia, aligning with common jurisdictions for online gaming companies. Technically, the website is built on WordPress using the Salient theme and WPBakery page builder, integrating Google Tag Manager for analytics. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly, though some accessibility features are basic. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protections, but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC. Privacy and cookie policies are missing, which is a compliance gap. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, limiting transparency in security matters. Overall, the security posture is moderate with room for improvement in policy disclosures and technical security controls. The website content is safe for general audiences, focusing on affiliate marketing without adult or explicit content. The domain registration details are consistent with the business claims, supporting legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include adding privacy and cookie policies, implementing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and publishing incident response and vulnerability disclosure information to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

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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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
60
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
57

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

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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

Play North®️ Affiliates targets affiliate marketers in the online casino sector, focusing on regulated European markets such as the Netherlands. Their business model revolves around promoting hyperlocal casino brands with high player lifetime value and fast payouts. The company emphasizes personal service with dedicated account managers and positions itself as a reliable partner in the regulated gaming space. Testimonials from recognized affiliate sites and partners reinforce their credibility. The company operates from Malta and Estonia, common hubs for gaming businesses, and maintains a professional digital presence. Growth indicators include active brand promotion and engagement with affiliate networks. The partnership ecosystem includes brands like Kansino and affiliate sites such as Top10casino.nl and Betfans.nl.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and uses clientTransferProhibited status on the domain to prevent unauthorized transfers. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, which could improve DNS security. No security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, or X-Frame-Options were detected, representing a missed opportunity to harden the site against common web attacks. There is no visible privacy policy or cookie consent mechanism, which is a compliance risk under GDPR. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are absent, limiting transparency and preparedness for security incidents. The use of Google Tag Manager indicates some level of user tracking, but privacy compliance is weak due to missing policies. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Implement security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Enable DNSSEC to protect DNS integrity and prevent spoofing.
  4. Add incident response and vulnerability disclosure pages with clear contact channels.
  5. Improve accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to identify vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Play North®️ Affiliates
Description
Play North offers hyperlocal brands that convert & retain players
Key services
affiliate marketing, player acquisition, affiliate management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Yoast SEO, WPBakery Page Builder, Cloudflare DNS
Frameworks
Salient WordPress Theme
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • clientTransferProhibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional affiliate marketing platform for online casino brands.
  2. Content is well structured with clear sections: Why Us, Brands, Testimonials, Join Us.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages found on the main site.
  4. Contact information is clearly provided including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses in Malta and Estonia.
  5. Uses WordPress CMS with Salient theme and WPBakery page builder.
  6. Google Tag Manager is implemented for analytics and tracking.
  7. No visible security headers detected in the HTML content.
  8. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information present.
  9. No adult or explicit content detected; content is safe for general audiences.
  10. Login links point to a subdomain login.playnorthaffiliates.com for affiliate sign-in.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using the Salient theme and WPBakery page builder, which supports responsive design and SEO optimization. Google Tag Manager is integrated for analytics and marketing tracking. The site loads with moderate performance and is mobile optimized. However, the absence of advanced security headers and DNSSEC indicates technical debt in security hardening. The domain is registered with NameCheap and uses Cloudflare DNS servers, but hosting details are not explicit. The site lacks privacy and cookie management tools, which are critical for compliance. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid for content delivery and marketing but requires upgrades in security and privacy implementations to reduce risk and improve 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

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