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Compliance Score

How the score was calculated

Starting score: 100
1 high finding: −15
Final score: 85

AI Analysis

The audit of Lumen Research's website reveals partial compliance with UK GDPR and PECR requirements, scoring 85/100 with five passed checks and one failed check related to accessibility issues affecting the cookie consent mechanism. Key findings include skipped checks due to unmet conditions, critical WCAG AA violations impacting users with disabilities, and serious color contrast and alt text deficiencies that hinder accessibility for assistive technology users.

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Found 3 accessibility violation(s): 1 critical, 2 serious, 0 moderate, 0 minor

Report Details

Playbook: UK Cookie Compliance
Domain: lumen-research.com
Started At: 3 May 2026, 08:47
Duration: 1m 37s
Total Checks: 37
Report ID: Dkav9bTtSL8O

Check Results

Data Capture

3 checks All passed

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INFO

Captured HTML (49487 bytes) from https://lumen-research.com/

Captured HTML:

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INFO

Screenshot captured

Screenshot Evidence:

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INFO

Captured 0 cookies

Captured Cookies:

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Pre-Consent Cookies

1 check All passed

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CRITICAL

No non-essential cookies found

PECR Regulation 6(1)

Cookies (except strictly necessary) require user consent BEFORE being set

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Cookie Consent Banner

1 check All passed

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Found consent banner via vision (height: 288px)

PECR Regulation 6(2)

Clear and comprehensive information must be provided about cookie use

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Accessibility

1 check1 failed

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HIGH-15

Found 3 accessibility violation(s): 1 critical, 2 serious, 0 moderate, 0 minor

Serious accessibility issue: Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds. This violation affects users who rely on assistive technologies. 17 element(s) affected.

Critical accessibility barrier: Images must have alternate text. This violation affects users who rely on assistive technologies. 1 element(s) affected.

Serious accessibility issue: Links must have discernible text. This violation affects users who rely on assistive technologies. 11 element(s) affected.

Website has 1 critical and 2 serious WCAG AA violations that significantly impact users with disabilities. These issues may prevent screen reader users, keyboard-only users, or users with visual impairments from accessing the cookie consent interface.

Accessibility Issues:

Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholdsserious17 elements

Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds

Affected elements (showing 3 of 17) :

<div class="resources__item__info__date">December 16, 2025</div><div class="resources__item__info__date">October 16, 2025</div><div class="resources__item__info__date">October 6, 2025</div>

How to fix

Images must have alternate textcritical1 element

Ensures <img> elements have alternate text or a role of none or presentation

Affected elements :

<img src="https://lumen-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Blue-Logo-No-Background-Hi-Res-NEW.png">

How to fix

Links must have discernible textserious11 elements

Ensures links have discernible text

Affected elements (showing 3 of 11) :

<a data-aos="fade-down" data-aos-delay="1500" class="site-header__logo__wrapp aos-init aos-animate" href="https://lumen-research.com/">

<a class="hamburger" href="javascript:void(0);">
						<span></span>
						<span></span>
						<span></span>
					</a>

<a class="blog-box__item__img" href="https://lumen-research.com/white-papers/ooh/study-with-bauer-media-outdoor-memoohries-are-made-of-this/" style="b...

How to fix

Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018, Equality Act 2010

UK websites must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards; failure may constitute disability discrimination

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Report Generation

2 checks All passed

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PDF report generated: https://smesolutions.uk/artifacts/artifacts/cd358bd3-c1e3-475d-9675-37cf9867bbec/report.pdf

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