What do web fonts have to do with the GDPR?

[shishir.seoexpert1]

Each time you visit the website, the digital fonts are made available online by the provider’s servers.

This means that, among other things, the IP addresses of visitors are automatically forwarded to the provider. However, because IP addresses are personal data , forwarding is not permitted without the visitor's express consent.

Here we explain the term personal data in detail:

GDPR - How personal data is defined
GDPR & Google Fonts: Why are Google Fonts problematic?
As soon as you use Google's digital fonts ( Google Fonts ), the fonts gambling data greece 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 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.