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Security report for timeanddate.de

timeanddate.de · Media · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

timeanddate.de is a well-established German-language website operated by Time and Date AS, providing comprehensive and reliable information and tools related to time, calendars, weather, and astronomy. The site offers a broad range of services including world clocks, time zone converters, calendars, weather forecasts, astronomy data, countdown timers, and date calculators, targeting a general audience interested in accurate time-related information. The business model is primarily advertising-supported with options for supporters to subscribe for an ad-free experience and exclusive content. The company has a strong market position as a reputable media provider in this niche since 1995. Technically, the website employs modern advertising technologies such as Google Publisher Tags, Amazon APS, Prebid.js, and InMobi CMP for consent management, ensuring GDPR compliance. The site is hosted with DNS Made Easy nameservers and demonstrates good performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility. SEO practices are well implemented with proper metadata and structured data. The site uses HTTPS with excellent SSL configuration, but lacks explicit security headers and a published security policy. From a security perspective, the site shows good GDPR compliance with a consent management platform and privacy policy. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are areas for improvement. Advertising practices are transparent and use reputable ad networks and tracking services. Overall, timeanddate.de is a professional, trustworthy, and secure website with excellent content quality and user experience. Strategic recommendations include publishing a dedicated security policy, incident response information, and security.txt file to enhance transparency and trust. The domain WHOIS data is consistent with the business claims, showing a long-standing registration and no suspicious patterns.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
45/ 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

6 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 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 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 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
82
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
45
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

timeanddate.de operates in the media sector, focusing on time and date-related information services. It holds a strong market position with a comprehensive suite of tools and content targeting a broad audience interested in timekeeping, calendars, weather, and astronomy. The business model relies on advertising revenue supplemented by supporter subscriptions. The company maintains sister sites in English and Norwegian, indicating a multilingual and international presence. The website's content quality, branding consistency, and trust indicators such as GDPR compliance and social media presence support a credible and professional market image. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests a preference for contact via web forms, typical for media information services.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, GDPR-compliant consent management, and no visible exposure of sensitive data. The use of reputable ad networks and consent frameworks indicates attention to privacy and security standards. However, the lack of published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents a compliance gap and potential risk in incident handling and transparency. Security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are not detected, which could improve protection against common web attacks. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by formalizing security governance and communication.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and commitments.
  2. Provide explicit incident response contact information, such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance web security.
  5. Maintain transparency by updating privacy and cookie policies regularly and communicating security improvements to users.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
timeanddate.de
Description
timeanddate.de ist die Quelle für zuverlässige Infos und praktische Tools zum Thema Zeit. Täglich aktualisiert. Kostenlos.
Key services
World clock, Time zone tools, Calendars, Weather forecasts, Astronomy data, Countdown timers, Date calculators
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Publisher Tags (GPT), Amazon APS Ads, Prebid.js, InMobi CMP, FastClick, CrowdControl Sync, ID5 Sync
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for GDPR
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ad Manager, Amazon APS, InMobi, Index Exchange
Tracking pixels
Quantcast, Criteo, SharedID, CrowdControl
Marketing tools
Prebid.js, Amazon APS, Google Publisher Tags
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and no blocking.
  2. Strong GDPR compliance with consent management and privacy policy.
  3. Robust advertising and monetization infrastructure using major ad networks.
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers publicly listed; contact via form only.
  5. No explicit security policy or incident response info published.
  6. Good technical implementation with modern ad tech and consent frameworks.
  7. High quality, professional design and user experience.
  8. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and complex advertising technology stack including Google Publisher Tags, Amazon APS, Prebid.js, and InMobi CMP for GDPR consent management. It leverages multiple external domains for content delivery and ad services, indicating a distributed infrastructure optimized for performance and monetization. The site is mobile-optimized with good accessibility and SEO practices, including structured data and meta tags. Hosting is managed via DNS Made Easy nameservers, suggesting reliable DNS infrastructure. The absence of a known CMS suggests a custom-built platform or proprietary solution. Performance is moderate, likely influenced by extensive ad scripts and tracking technologies. Technical risks include potential privacy concerns from multiple third-party trackers and the need for enhanced security headers.
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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