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Missing Permissions-Policy Header

No Permissions-Policy header found. This header controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) can be used by the page and embedded content.

Issue ID: SEC-PERMISSIONS-001
Severity: low
Impact: Low
Effort: S

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What this issue is

No Permissions-Policy header found. This header controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) can be used by the page and embedded content.

Why it matters

No Permissions-Policy header found. This header controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) can be used by the page and embedded content. This affects browser trust signals and whether visitors feel safe submitting contact details.

How we detect it

  • FreeSiteAudit flags this issue when the rule for SEC-PERMISSIONS-001 fails and the page evidence points to Http headers.
  • You can usually confirm this by checking the page source or the relevant page settings inside your CMS.

Evidence examples

Check the affected page source, rendered output, or relevant CMS setting to confirm the missing or incorrect element.

How to fix it

  1. 1Add a Permissions-Policy header to server responses
  2. 2Disable unused features: Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
  3. 3Only grant permissions your site actually needs

How to re-check it

  • Check response headers for Permissions-Policy

Related tools

This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.