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A comment on GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by using Google Fonts. Parent comment

Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by leobg on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:59AM (#30136307)
When I specify that the font used on my page can be accessed at a particular URL, I’m neither asking you to download it (the font might already be installed on your system), nor am I requesting that, if you do download it, you pass along a “referer” header. I am not only not making your browser do this - I’m not even asking it to do so.
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by rpadovani on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:03AM (#30136341)
> When I specify that the font used on my page can be accessed at a particular URL

But this is not what you are specifying with Google Fonts (usually). You are saying: "To properly see this page, download this instruction file (CSS) from this other host". It doesn't matter if I have the font already installed, I still ask the CSS file to Google.

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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by notreallyserio on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:26AM (#30138507)
"We recommend using the font provided at this link, however your browser may fall back to a suitable built-in font if you choose."
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