--- title: Lightwaves • EU Audit | daily.dev description: A free scanner tool analyzes websites for dependencies on non-EU services to assess GDPR compliance risk. It checks hosting location, fonts, analytics, CDNs,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Lightwaves • EU Audit | daily.dev og:description: A free scanner tool analyzes websites for dependencies on non-EU services to assess GDPR compliance risk. It checks hosting location, fonts, analytics, CDNs,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JPCthKp05.png og:image:alt: Lightwaves • EU Audit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Lightwaves • EU Audit **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A free scanner tool analyzes websites for dependencies on non-EU services to assess GDPR compliance risk. It checks hosting location, fonts, analytics, CDNs, video embeds, chat tools, social widgets, and maps, providing a 0-100 score. The tool helps identify potential data privacy vulnerabilities given the history of invalidated EU-US data transfer frameworks like Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAdmins, and 99% poorly encrypted email. Introducing SecurityBaseline.eu](https://daily.dev/posts/european-governments-3-000-tracking-sites-1-000-phpmyadmins-and-99-poorly-encrypted-email-intro-qh01zffym) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Implement Website Best Practices With Lighthouse](https://daily.dev/posts/implement-website-best-practices-with-lighthouse-tczvn8ekt) · DebugBear · 6 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#compliance](https://daily.dev/tags/compliance), [#gdpr](https://daily.dev/tags/gdpr) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Lightwaves • EU Audit","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05"},"datePublished":"2026-01-27T17:12:56.943Z","dateModified":"2026-01-27T17:13:42.941Z","description":"A free scanner tool analyzes websites for dependencies on non-EU services to assess GDPR compliance risk. It checks hosting location, fonts, analytics, CDNs,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7256bb215521d8f1d85744fc13984b6b?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7256bb215521d8f1d85744fc13984b6b?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/lightwaves-eu-audit-jpcthkp05","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,privacy,compliance,gdpr","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lightwaves • EU Audit"}]} ```