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Security report for rideforheart.ca

Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada · Non-profit · Canada

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Ride for Heart is a Canadian non-profit fundraising event organized by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, aimed at raising funds and awareness for heart disease and stroke research. The website provides comprehensive information about event participation, corporate challenges, fundraising incentives, and inspirational stories, targeting Canadian residents interested in health and charitable causes. The site leverages modern web technologies and integrates with a third-party fundraising platform to facilitate donations and registrations. Technically, the website is well-structured, mobile-optimized, and uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration, though it lacks explicit security headers and a cookie consent mechanism, which are areas for improvement. The absence of WHOIS data due to privacy protection is justified for this non-profit entity. Overall, the website demonstrates a strong security posture, good business credibility, and a professional online presence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
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

3 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.

    • 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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  • Exposed services
  • 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
72
Security headers
70
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
73

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 Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada operates Ride for Heart as a large-scale national fundraising event with a well-established market position in the non-profit sector. The business model focuses on participant-driven fundraising, corporate wellness challenges, and community engagement. The website's integration with CrowdChange for fundraising and Google Tag Manager for analytics indicates a mature digital ecosystem. The organization benefits from strong brand recognition, official trademarks, and a charitable registration number, enhancing trust. Partnerships with official domains and fundraising platforms further solidify its operational ecosystem. Growth indicators include active participant engagement, corporate team challenges, and incentive programs. Strategic observations highlight the importance of enhancing privacy compliance and publishing security policies to maintain stakeholder trust.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and no visible exposure of sensitive data. Use of service workers and modern JavaScript libraries indicates up-to-date technology adoption. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth strategies. No vulnerabilities or malicious content were detected in the HTML or scripts. Privacy compliance is partial due to the absence of a cookie consent banner, which could pose regulatory risks under GDPR or similar frameworks. Incident response and security policy information are not publicly available, limiting transparency. Overall, the site is secure but would benefit from enhanced security header implementation and privacy compliance measures.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations.
  2. Add explicit security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience.

Contact details published on the site

Legal name
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
Registration number
106846942RR0001
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
Description
Ride for Heart is a fundraising event supporting heart disease and stroke research in Canada, organized by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. It encourages participants to ride, walk, or run to raise funds and awareness.
Key services
Event registration, Fundraising platform, Corporate wellness challenges, Participant engagement and incentives
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, jQuery, Skrollr, Curator.io, CrowdChange fundraising platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of service worker for PWA
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation.
  2. No WHOIS data available from CIRA, indicating privacy protection or domain not found in WHOIS.
  3. Uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration.
  4. No cookie consent banner found, which may affect privacy compliance.
  5. Contact email and phone number provided clearly.
  6. No visible security policy or incident response information.
  7. Uses modern web technologies and third-party fundraising platform.
  8. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Duda platform, utilizing modern JavaScript libraries such as Skrollr for parallax effects and Curator.io for content embedding. It integrates Google Tag Manager for analytics and CrowdChange for fundraising functionalities. Hosting appears to be via CDN-Website.com with Cloudfront CDN for content delivery, supporting good performance and scalability. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and uses service workers for progressive web app capabilities. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Some technical debt is noted in missing security headers and lack of cookie consent, which should be addressed to improve compliance and security posture. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid and supports the business objectives effectively.
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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