Google Fonts GDPR

  • Hello,
    as a german I have to make my page GDPR ready. I am not very advanced in WordPress development, but I figured out that getting Google Fonts from their server are a problem GDPR-wise, because data of the user gets sent to their servers.

    Does anyone here bother with that and knows how to properly handle this situation?

    I am also interested in everything else regarding GeneratePress in relation to the GDPR.

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  • Theme Author Tom

    (@edge22)

    Hi there,

    If you can’t use Google Fonts on your site, you can just use a font from the “System fonts” area in the typography dropdown. None of those will call to an external service.

    You can also host your own fonts locally using @font-face.

    Let me know if you need more info ??

    Edi

    (@psychosopher)

    Seems to be a German problem… ??

    There is no problem using the Google Fonts API at the moment.

    If Germany will build a Chinese wall, this also makes sense… But the discussion by not reading the Developers FAQ of Google Fonts (yes, it is available in English only) and wrong interpretation of the GDPR has become really annoying.

    There is also an “official” discussion about the topic on GitHub:

    https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1495

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Edi.
    Thread Starter flizzywp

    (@flizzywp)

    Thanks for the link, but you are aware that the (Github) link you posted says that Google Fonts are in no way GDPR compliant? I am confused because in your post you imply that there would be no problem.

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by flizzywp.
    Thread Starter flizzywp

    (@flizzywp)

    How can I disable Google Fonts to host them myself?

    Edi

    (@psychosopher)

    Please read the whole discussion on GitHub… Some say using the Google Fonts API is not compliant with the GDPR. With very weak arguments.

    It’s on you to follow them and their misunderstandings of how the Google Fonts API works, what web fonts are and what the GDPR says. You can also find a lot of statements by lawyers that there is no problem using the Google Fonts API (using… Google Search for example).

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