Web Of Trust

So far, so good, time for the last safety test, with the Web Of Trust.

1. bol.com - Excellent
2. funda.nl - Excellent
3. helenahoeve.nl - Not enough ratings for this site
4. nu.nl - Excellent
5. philips.nl - Excellent
6. postbus51.nl - Excellent
7. rabobank.nl - Excellent
8. vrom.nl - Excellent
9. wehkamp.nl - Excellent
10. wnf.nl - Excellent

Hmmm, every test site rates Excellent, except the Helenahoeve. I think that here is something that could be improved.

Privacy Test

In the previous test there where three sites with a privacy policy. In this extra test, I will take a look at the privacy policies of the test websites. In Internet Explorer 8 there is an option to retrieve the privacy policy of a specific site. When I look for the privacy policy, I got these results:

1. bol.com - No privacy policy found.
2. funda.nl - Privacy policy available!
3. helenahoeve.nl - Privacy policy available!
4. nu.nl - Privacy policy available!
5. philips.nl - Syntax error in privacy policy, information could not be displayed.
6. postbus51.nl - No privacy policy found.
7. rabobank.nl - Syntax error in privacy policy, information could not be displayed.
8. vrom.nl - No privacy policy found.
9. wehkamp.nl - No privacy policy found.
10. wnf.nl - No privacy policy found.

Five sites, including the helenahoeve.nl use P3P for describing the privacy policy. Philips.nl and rabobank.nl have syntax errors in their P3P file. The ranking so far is:

1. funda.nl, helenahoeve.nl, nu.nl
2. philips.nl, rabobank.nl
3. bol.com, postbus51.nl, vrom.nl, wehkamp.nl, wnf.nl

These are strange results, because I think all these sites does have a privacy policy. When you take a look at the homepages, I conclude that:

1. bol.com - Link to policy available at the homepage
2. funda.nl - Link to policy available 
3. helenahoeve.nl - Link to policy available at the homepage
4. nu.nl  - No link to a privacy policy available
5. philips.nl - Link to policy available at the homepage
6. postbus51.nl  - No link to a privacy policy available
7. rabobank.nl - Link to policy available at the homepage
8. vrom.nl  - No link to a privacy policy available
9. wehkamp.nl - Link to policy available at the homepage
10. wnf.nl  - No link to a privacy policy available

There are six sites with a privacy policy. These sites are: bol.com, funda.nl, helenahoeve.nl, philips.nl, rabobank.nl and wehkamp.nl

A visible privacy policy is probably more important than a P3P policy. So I will rank the sites in the following order:

1. funda.nl, helenahoeve.nl
2. philips.nl, rabobank.nl
3. bol.com, wehkamp.nl
4. nu.nl
5. postbus51, vrom.nl wnf.nl

Third Safety Test - Norton Safe Web

According to Google Safe Browsing and McAfee SiteAdvisor all tested sites are save. I suppose Norton Safe Web will conclude the same. The test results are:

1. bol.com Safe
2. funda.nl Safe
3. helenahoeve.nl Untested. This site has not been tested yet.
4. nu.nl Safe
5. philips.nl Safe
6. postbus51.nl Safe
7. rabobank.nl Safe
8. vrom.nl Safe
9. wehkamp.nl Safe
10. wnf.nl Safe

As far as Norton Safe Web knows, all tested sites are safe. Only the helenahoeve.nl is untested. It is a pity, but not strange when you see the number of users. Three sites are also tested by the buySafe Security Center. These sites use certified SSL to encrypt transactions and have a privacy policy. These sites are:

1. bol.com
2. rabobank.nl
3. wehkamp.nl

Okay, I will add an extra test for testing the P3P privacy policies.

Second Safety Test - McAfee SiteAdvisor

The first safety test with Google Safe Browsing indicates that all the test sites are safe. Time to use another tool. This time I test the site with McAfee SiteAdvisor.

The results are:

1. bol.com We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
2. funda.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
3. helenahoeve.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
4. nu.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
5. philips.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
6. postbus51.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
7. rabobank.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
8. vrom.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
9. wehkamp.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
10. wnf.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.

Great, everthing seems to be fine for all tested sites.

The Number of Users

When you perform such a test you will get an indication of the number of users.

All sites, except vrom.nl and helenahoeve.nl have "Lots of users". Vrom.nl got "Many users" and helenahoeve.nl  got "A few users".

Google Safe Browsing

October 2009, I discovered the site www.helenahoeve.nl was infiltrated and contains malware. See the first article of this blog. I did not expect that that was possible. A good reason to test the sites selected in the article How to further improve the website with Google Safe Browsing.

The test results are:

1. bol.com This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
2. funda.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
3. helenahoeve.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
4. nu.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
5. philips.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
6. postbus51.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
7. rabobank.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
8. vrom.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
9. wehkamp.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
10. wnf.nl This site is not currently listed as suspicious.

All sites are "Save" according to Google.