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Scan rule · RSC-PRV-011

Imprint: mandatory details not found

Privacy (GDPR)Severity: Low

Fetches the imprint page and looks for a postal address, a contact option and a register or VAT ID.

Why this matters

Section 5 DDG requires an easily recognisable, directly reachable provider identification. Missing mandatory details are subject to formal warnings in Germany, regardless of whether anyone suffered harm.

This rule is deliberately a hint with low severity. The set of required details depends on the legal form — a GmbH needs a commercial register entry and an authorised representative, a freelancer does not — and wording cannot be captured exhaustively by pattern matching. We therefore do not claim a violation, we ask for a review.

Not checked: the authorised representative and the legal form itself. Both frequently appear without a recognisable keyword and would produce more false alarms than insight.

Scan tier

External scan (anonymous)

How to fix it

Add the missing details — which ones are required depends on the legal form.

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