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Google Fonts & GDPR

Hi,

is there a way to use your Forms, Widgets and Wall of Love with locally hosted fonts instead of loading them from the google servers?

In short in 2022 there was a ruling in germany that google fonts embedded via the google servers violates GDPR.

"A regional court in the German city of Munich has ordered a website operator to pay €100 in damages for transferring a user's personal data — i.e., IP address — to Google via the search giant's Fonts library without the individual's consent."

Now I could of course only load the feedback form and widgets if the user gives consent to share his IP address with google. BUT a way nicer solution would be if you host the selected google font locally.

German Court Rules Websites Embedding Google Fonts Violates GDPR (thehackernews.com)

Google Fonts & GDPR – How You Can Stay Compliant (runcloud.io)

BR

Andreas

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