Digital Services Act.
Are you compliant?
The DSA creates a safer digital space. All intermediary services in the EU must meet transparency, safety, and accountability obligations — or face fines up to 6% of global turnover.
Does the DSA apply to you?
The DSA applies to all intermediary services offering services in the EU. Obligations are tiered — the larger your reach, the stricter the rules.
Intermediary Services
Basic obligations
Hosting Providers
Hosting obligations
Online Marketplaces
Platform obligations
Social Networks
Platform obligations
Search Engines
Platform obligations
App Stores
Platform obligations
Cloud Platforms
Hosting obligations
Very Large Platforms (VLOPs)
Full obligations
The cost of non-compliance
VLOPs / VLOSEs
6%
of global annual turnover
for systemic non-compliance
Incorrect information
1%
of global annual turnover
for misleading or incomplete responses
Periodic penalties
5%
of average daily worldwide turnover
per day of continued non-compliance
The European Commission directly supervises VLOPs and VLOSEs under DSA Art. 56.
What the DSA requires — and what SiteGuardian monitors
The DSA defines obligations across transparency, safety, and accountability. SiteGuardian continuously monitors the technical requirements that can be verified automatically.
Point of Contact
MonitoredSiteGuardian detects whether your website has a legal notice (impressum) with the required contact information for authorities and users. The browser audit checks for accessible legal identity disclosure as required by the DSA.
Terms of Service
MonitoredSiteGuardian scans for the accessibility of your terms of service and privacy policy. It verifies that content moderation policies are publicly available and checks for clear, understandable language in legal documents.
Transparency Reporting
Intermediary services must publish annual transparency reports on content moderation activities. This is an organisational requirement covered through questionnaire-based compliance assessment.
Notice and Action Mechanisms
MonitoredSiteGuardian detects whether your website provides accessible contact mechanisms for reporting illegal content. The scan verifies the presence of notice submission channels and abuse reporting endpoints.
Statement of Reasons
Hosting providers must provide clear statements of reasons when restricting content. This is an organisational process requirement covered through questionnaire-based compliance assessment.
Complaint Handling
MonitoredSiteGuardian verifies provider identification and contact information accessibility, ensuring users can reach the provider for complaints. Internal complaint-handling system design is covered through questionnaire assessment.
Dark Pattern Prohibition
Online platforms must not design interfaces that deceive or manipulate users. Dark pattern assessment requires interface design review and is covered through questionnaire-based compliance evaluation.
Advertising Transparency
Online platforms must clearly label advertisements and disclose who paid for them. Ad labeling compliance requires content-level review and is covered through questionnaire-based assessment.
Recommender System Transparency
Online platforms using recommender systems must disclose the main parameters and provide a non-profiling option. Algorithmic transparency is covered through questionnaire-based compliance assessment.
Protection of Minors
Online platforms must not use profiling-based advertising targeting minors. Age-related profiling restrictions require organisational measures and are covered through questionnaire-based assessment.
Service Security
MonitoredSiteGuardian enforces HTTPS encryption, validates security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, HSTS), checks TLS configuration, and monitors for vulnerabilities that could compromise service security and user data protection.
Check your DSA compliance today
Scan your website to see where you stand. SiteGuardian maps every finding to DSA articles — so you know exactly what to fix.
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