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Security report for vlc.lv

Retail · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

VLC.lv is an e-commerce retail website based in Latvia specializing in the sale of returned, clearance, and refurbished electronics and household appliances. The website targets Latvian consumers looking for affordable technology and home devices. The business model focuses on offering discounted products through an online platform, positioning itself as a value retailer in the local market. The website's content is professionally presented with a clear focus on product offerings and pricing advantages. Technically, the website is built on the OpenCart platform, utilizing Bootstrap for responsive design and Google Tag Manager and Analytics for tracking user interactions. The site is mobile optimized and demonstrates moderate performance and SEO practices. However, there is a lack of visible privacy and cookie policies, and no contact information is explicitly provided in the analyzed content, which may impact user trust and compliance. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS (implied by base href https://vlc.lv/), but no security headers were detected in the provided data. There is no evidence of vulnerability disclosure, incident response contacts, or security certifications. The absence of WHOIS data due to query limits restricts the ability to fully assess domain legitimacy and registration consistency. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved by implementing standard security headers and publishing privacy and security policies. The overall risk assessment suggests the website is legitimate and functional but would benefit from enhanced transparency and security practices to improve trustworthiness and compliance. Strategic recommendations include adding comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, implementing security headers, and providing clear contact and incident response information.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 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

8 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

  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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
90
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
28
Average
52

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention vlc.lv, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
7
Employees
0
Customers
7
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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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

VLC.lv operates in the retail sector, focusing on discounted electronics and household appliances in Latvia. Its competitive advantage lies in offering returned and refurbished products at attractive prices. The business model is direct-to-consumer e-commerce, leveraging an online storefront to reach price-sensitive customers. The use of OpenCart indicates a standard e-commerce infrastructure, facilitating product management and sales. The absence of detailed company information and contact details limits visibility into corporate structure and partnerships. Growth indicators are not evident from the provided data, and no partner or subsidiary domains were identified. The marketing ecosystem includes Google Analytics and Tag Manager, suggesting data-driven marketing efforts. Overall, VLC.lv appears to be a medium-sized regional retailer with a focus on affordability and product variety.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS usage but lacks visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security. No evidence of vulnerability disclosure programs or incident response contacts was found, which may hinder timely security issue reporting and resolution. The absence of privacy and cookie policies raises compliance concerns, particularly regarding GDPR. The use of third-party tracking scripts like Google Analytics introduces privacy considerations. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires improvements in policy transparency and technical security controls to align with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies clearly accessible on the website to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  3. Provide explicit contact information including security incident response and abuse contacts to facilitate communication and compliance.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities and privacy risks.
  5. Enhance transparency by including terms of service and vulnerability disclosure information to build customer confidence.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
VLC.lv piedāvā plašu atgriezto, izpārdošanas un atjaunoto elektro­nikas un sadzīves tehnikas klāstu: viedtālruņi, datori, virtuves ierīces un citas preces par izcilām cenām.
Key services
Sale of returned electronics, Clearance sales, Refurbished electronics and household appliances
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, jQuery (implied by bootstrap and other scripts), Bootstrap, FontAwesome, OpenCart (implied by URL structure and scripts)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
OpenCart
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
50/100

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error; no registrar or domain age info extracted.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided HTML content.
  4. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses explicitly found in the HTML content.
  5. Website uses modern web technologies and is mobile optimized.
  6. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager are used for tracking.
  7. No security headers detected in the provided data; SSL status unknown.
  8. Content is retail focused, safe, and appropriate for general audiences.
  9. No security or incident response contact information found.
  10. No certifications or compliance frameworks mentioned.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the OpenCart e-commerce platform with Bootstrap for responsive design and FontAwesome for icons. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for user tracking and marketing analytics. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and moderate performance. The HTML and CSS appear valid and well-structured, supporting accessibility at a basic level. However, no advanced accessibility features or ARIA roles were detected. SEO optimization is good with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Hosting provider details are not discernible from the provided data. The technical stack is standard for e-commerce but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and improved privacy compliance mechanisms.
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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