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Security report for sgh5050.ca

Ascend Fundraising Solutions, Inc. · Healthcare · Canada

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

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website sgh5050.ca serves as an online fundraising platform for the Stratford General Hospital Foundation's 50/50 raffle. Operated by Ascend Fundraising Solutions, Inc., the site facilitates ticket sales to support the purchase of medical equipment at Stratford General Hospital in Ontario, Canada. The platform leverages Shopify's e-commerce infrastructure combined with modern web technologies such as Vue.js and integrates support and analytics tools including Zendesk and Google Analytics. The site is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear navigation, targeting community members interested in supporting local healthcare initiatives. Technically, the website is well-implemented with fast performance, mobile optimization, and modern JavaScript frameworks. It uses HTTPS with strong domain registration protections but lacks DNSSEC. Security measures include hCaptcha for form protection and domain status locks to prevent unauthorized changes. However, the absence of published privacy and cookie policies, as well as a formal security policy or incident response contact, represents compliance and transparency gaps. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices in encryption and form protection but should enhance its security posture by implementing security headers and publishing relevant policies. The domain registration details align well with the business purpose and show no suspicious patterns, supporting the site's legitimacy. Overall, the website is a credible and functional fundraising platform with room for improvement in privacy compliance and security transparency to strengthen trust and regulatory adherence.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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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
57
Security headers
75
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
67

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 Stratford General Hospital Foundation 50/50 website occupies a niche position as a regional non-profit fundraising platform focused on healthcare support. Its business model centers on monthly raffle ticket sales, generating revenue to fund medical equipment purchases. The company, Ascend Fundraising Solutions, Inc., appears to specialize in fundraising solutions, leveraging partnerships with hospital foundations. The target customers are local community members and supporters of the hospital. The site shows growth potential through digital engagement and social media presence. Strategic partnerships with the hospital foundation and backend service providers like 5050central.com enhance operational capabilities. The business benefits from clear licensing and regulatory compliance for lottery operations, though further transparency in policies could improve stakeholder confidence.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate to strong security posture with HTTPS enforced and domain registration protections in place. The integration of hCaptcha reduces automated abuse risks. However, the lack of DNSSEC and absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options limit defense-in-depth. No explicit security or incident response policies are published, which could hinder timely vulnerability reporting and response. Analytics and third-party scripts are used extensively, necessitating regular security audits to prevent supply chain risks. Overall, the site is secure for its purpose but should enhance transparency and technical controls to meet higher compliance standards and reduce potential attack surfaces.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies including GDPR compliance statements and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to harden browser security.
  4. Create and publish a security policy and incident response contact information to facilitate vulnerability reporting and improve trust.
  5. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ascend Fundraising Solutions, Inc.
Description
SGH Foundation 50/50 - Thank you for supporting Stratford General Hospital! Monthly 50/50 raffle supporting purchase of medical equipment at Stratford General Hospital.
Key services
Online ticket sales for 50/50 raffle, Donation facilitation, Winner announcements, Information on hospital support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Shopify, Vue.js, Luxon.js, tsparticles.js, Shopify Analytics, hCaptcha, Zendesk Widget
Frameworks
Vue.js
Platforms
Shopify
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • ClientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited domain statuses
  • hCaptcha integration for form protection
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Shopify Analytics, Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (G-CY540P6TF4), Shopify Analytics
Marketing tools
Shopify Payment Button, Shopify Digital Wallet, Zendesk Widget
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally designed Shopify-based fundraising platform for a hospital foundation.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
  4. Good integration of analytics and support tools.
  5. Domain registration is recent but consistent with business launch.
  6. No suspicious or malicious indicators detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Shopify, utilizing Vue.js for frontend interactivity, and includes modern JavaScript libraries such as Luxon for date/time handling and tsparticles for visual effects. It uses Shopify's CDN and analytics infrastructure, ensuring fast load times and reliable hosting. The site is mobile optimized and includes accessibility considerations, though these could be improved. SEO is supported with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. The integration of Zendesk provides customer support capabilities. The technical stack is modern and well-maintained, supporting a smooth user experience and scalable operations. Opportunities exist to enhance security headers and privacy compliance features to reduce technical debt and regulatory risk.
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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