As soon as you use Google's digital fonts ( Google Fonts ), the fonts are automatically loaded via a Google server in the USA each time you visit the website. In return, Google reads data from your website visitors.
These include,
the website that the user visits – your site
the browser and the language settings of the browser
the user's operating system and the user's IP address
This allows Google to analyze the data in the USA and, for rich people database example, use the IP address to determine the location of the visitor to your company website. However, according to the GDPR, website operators are obliged to protect the data and personal rights of their visitors from access by third parties. This also applies to data export to the USA.
Google Fonts, Data protection-compliant integration is possible!
To be GDPR compliant and avoid warnings, there are two options,
You obtain consent from your website visitors via a cookie banner, Then the integration of the fonts can remain dynamic or remote.
You save the Google Fonts and embed them locally, In this case, a connection to the Google server is not established and the font is uploaded directly from your web space.
Are Google Fonts or Multiple Google Fonts also on your website?
GDPR & Google Fonts, Why are Google Fonts problematic?
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