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Security report for tatoeba.org

OVH sas · Education · France

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

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Tatoeba.org is a community-driven educational platform established in 2008, focused on collecting and sharing multilingual sentences and translations to support language learners, linguists, and educators worldwide. The platform operates under OVH sas hosting in France, reflecting a stable and legitimate domain registration consistent with its long-standing presence. Technically, the website employs AngularJS and Material Design frameworks, offering a good user experience with moderate performance and basic accessibility features. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled, but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, indicating room for improvement. Privacy compliance is minimal, with no visible privacy or cookie policies, which could be enhanced to meet modern standards. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and trustworthy, serving a niche educational market effectively.

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. 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';…

  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

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

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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
52
Security headers
55
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
55

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 platform targets language learners and linguistic researchers, leveraging a community-driven model to build a comprehensive multilingual sentence database. Its niche positioning in education and open content provides a competitive advantage by fostering user contributions and collaboration. The business model relies on community engagement rather than commercial revenue streams, focusing on knowledge sharing. The absence of explicit business contact details and policies suggests a non-commercial or volunteer-driven operation. The hosting by OVH sas and domain age support operational stability. Strategic partnerships or subsidiaries are not evident, indicating a focused, standalone platform.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS enabled, ensuring encrypted communications. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security reduces its defense-in-depth capabilities. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which could hinder timely security issue management. The absence of privacy and cookie policies also indicates compliance gaps, particularly regarding GDPR. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. Enhancing security policies, headers, and transparency would improve the overall security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish clear privacy and cookie policies to enhance GDPR compliance and user trust.
  4. Establish and publicize an incident response contact and vulnerability disclosure process.
  5. Conduct a security audit to identify and remediate any hidden vulnerabilities and improve overall security culture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
OVH sas
Description
Tatoeba is a community-driven platform focused on collecting and sharing sentences and translations in multiple languages to aid language learning and linguistic research.
Key services
sentence database, multilingual translations, language learning support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
AngularJS, Material Design CSS, JavaScript
Frameworks
AngularJS, Material Design
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible and not blocked by WAF or security mechanisms.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage HTML content.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. No social media links explicitly detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. The website uses AngularJS and Material Design for UI components.
  6. SSL is enabled and domain uses OVH hosting with standard DNS servers.
  7. No security headers detected in the provided data; DNSSEC not enabled.
  8. No advertising or tracking scripts detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  9. Content is educational and safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses AngularJS and Material Design frameworks, indicating a modern but somewhat dated front-end technology stack. Hosting is provided by OVH sas, a reputable French hosting provider. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO optimization is basic, with room to improve meta tags and structured data usage. No CMS was detected, suggesting a custom or lightweight platform. The lack of advanced security headers and DNSSEC indicates technical debt in security practices. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the platform's educational mission but could benefit from modernization and enhanced security controls.
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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