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Security report for retsinformation.dk

Civilstyrelsen · Government · Denmark

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Retsinformation.dk serves as the official Danish government portal providing comprehensive access to all current laws, regulations, parliamentary documents, and Ombudsman reports. It is operated under the auspices of Civilstyrelsen, a Danish government agency, and targets legal professionals, government officials, and the general public seeking authoritative legal information. The portal is positioned as a critical public service with a large scope and high trustworthiness within Denmark's government ecosystem. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including React for a single-page application experience, SVG icons via FontAwesome, and structured data in JSON-LD format to enhance semantic understanding. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although explicit CMS or hosting details are not disclosed. Performance is moderate with chunked JavaScript and CSS assets. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids cookie usage, enhancing privacy. However, it lacks explicit security headers, privacy and cookie policies, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. WHOIS data is unavailable, likely due to registry privacy policies, but the domain and content strongly indicate legitimacy. No security vulnerabilities or tracking technologies were detected, resulting in a solid security posture with room for improvement. Overall, Retsinformation.dk is a professionally maintained government portal with high content quality and trustworthiness. Strategic recommendations include publishing explicit privacy and cookie policies, adding security headers, implementing vulnerability disclosure information, and improving WHOIS transparency to further enhance trust and compliance.

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

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

      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 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

    • 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 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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  • 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
62
Security headers
45
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
62

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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Leaked records that mention retsinformation.dk, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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

Retsinformation.dk operates as a government information portal, providing free and authoritative access to Danish legal documents and government publications. Its market positioning is unique as the official state legal information system, serving a broad audience including legal professionals, government entities, and the public. The business model is non-commercial, focused on public service and transparency. The portal benefits from strong partnerships with other government sites and legal databases, forming an integrated ecosystem of official information sources. Growth indicators are stable given the essential nature of legal information access. The site’s strategic advantage lies in its official status, comprehensive content, and integration with related government portals.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS usage and no use of cookies, minimizing privacy risks. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided, which limits transparency and responsiveness to security issues. The lack of WHOIS data transparency is a minor concern but likely due to registry policies. Overall, the site shows good baseline security practices but would benefit from enhanced security headers, published policies, and formal vulnerability reporting channels to align with best practices and compliance requirements such as GDPR and NIS2.

Recommendations

  1. Publish explicit privacy and cookie policies on the website to improve transparency and GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement and enforce security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Create and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting and incident response.
  4. Enhance WHOIS data transparency or provide official domain registration information to improve trustworthiness.
  5. Maintain and regularly audit security posture including penetration testing and compliance checks to ensure ongoing protection.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Civilstyrelsen
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Civilstyrelsen
Description
Retsinformation.dk er indgangen til det fælles statslige retsinformationssystem, der giver adgang til alle gældende love, bekendtgørelser og cirkulærer m.v. Der er også adgang til Folketingets dokumenter og beretninger fra Folketingets Ombudsmand.
Key services
Access to laws, regulations, and circulars, Access to parliamentary documents, Access to Ombudsman reports
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React (indicated by chunked JS and SPA style), FontAwesome (SVG icons), JSON-LD structured data, CSS modules/chunks
Frameworks
React
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by og:url https)
  • No cookies used (privacy friendly)

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
excellent

Advertising

Transparency
excellent

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Danish government legal information portal
  2. No cookies or tracking detected
  3. Comprehensive access to laws and government documents
  4. No privacy or cookie policy pages explicitly found
  5. No contact email addresses publicly listed
  6. Phone numbers and physical address found in structured data
  7. Modern React-based frontend with good accessibility
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information
  9. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain registration insights
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using a modern React framework with chunked JavaScript and CSS assets, indicating a single-page application architecture. It uses SVG icons from FontAwesome and includes JSON-LD structured data for semantic enrichment. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO meta tags and Open Graph integration. No CMS or hosting provider details are explicitly identified. Performance is moderate, with potential for optimization in asset delivery. The absence of security headers and explicit privacy mechanisms represents technical debt. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could be enhanced with improved security configurations and transparency.
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. 67/100Medium28 findingsView report
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