€100 FINE in Germany For Using Google Fonts - A Simple Solution!

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At the end of January 2022, a German court ruling fined a website owner €100 for not explicitly getting permission from a site visitor for accessing the Google fonts used on the website.
As GDPR rules state that any identifying information has to be explicitly approved by the user BEFOREHAND - Google gained access to the users IP address (a way to potentially identify a users ID) when the font was downloaded to the user's browser.
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Why should you care? If this ruling sets precedence, then other countries may adopt a similar ruling and you could fall foul of this GDPR issue if you're not careful.
An easy way around this is to host the Google fonts locally and NOT access them from Google's servers.
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@volkerschuster8079 2 года назад

These Germans again, being German myself, I can safely say that Germany is possibly the only country where Lawyers specialising in sending fines regarding GDPR exist.

@id104335409 2 года назад

This is so unfair. How are we supposed to inspect every single thing under microscope and be constantly knowing every single new rule? It's a trap! Isn't there just ONE option that you can tick ON that doesn't allow user data to get out of your site?

@RichardWadeUK 2 года назад

Great suggestions Paul. GDPR is a complete mess and wasn't properly thought out before it was rolled out. There are a lot of crazy rulings being pushed (particularly within the EU) and much will be rejected on appeal. It's going to take many years for true case law to be established to set the standards. That said, I would also imagine that you could have simple wording in your privacy policy regarding information sharing with 3rd parties (including, but not limited to IP addresses and Google etc.) that people can accept with the click ok on the cookie / privacy consent.

@WPTuts 2 года назад

Very true, but staying abreast of GDPR rulings is a total PITA for website owners.

@ChristinaMcKay 2 года назад

Unfortunately, in the case of this court ruling it isn't as easy as just having the information in your privacy policy. The site owner did have that, and yet got fined. The issue is that as soon as the site loads, the IP is already sent to Google, before having the consent of the visitor. So you would need to have a cookie system that really suppresses the fonts, and if the visitor declines that make sure no google fonts are loaded. Yes, GDPR is crazy and I guess always will be.

@RichardWadeUK 2 года назад

@@ChristinaMcKay Messy business for sure... One way around this I guess could be to have a GDPR splash screen using a standard local font. The user then has to agree before being forwarded to the live site 🤔 GDPR is supposedly going to get a big overhaul in the UK now we're out of the EU. Lots of talk around a slash and burn on red tape and legislation on regulations that are damaging to business. In this case, I'm not sure how they can really justify an IP as personal information. The vast majority of people operate with dynamic IP addresses, rather than static, so your IP today could have been used by someone else yesterday, or even this morning 🤔

@catcreative.agency 2 года назад

@@ChristinaMcKay it's not only Google Fonts though, right? It's also recaptcha and maybe maps?

@daanvandenbergh8806 2 года назад

Hi Paul! I'm the developer of OMGF. Thanks for mentioning my plugin in your video! 😎

@DevPoint. Месяц назад

Thank you for this great plugin

@martin_minds 2 года назад

this is not only for germany. it is for the eu.

@ibrahim.tariq525 2 года назад

Hi Paul, You missed something in the video: Using plugin like Perfmatters, we can also use to store Google fonts locally. Cherry on the cake is we can anonymize the user IP with a simple click option in perfmatters.

@WPTuts 2 года назад

Nice option. 👍

@andrasaimre Год назад

GDPR with their rules and that german way to fine website owners for using fonts is totally bizarre. The easiest way would be to say that once you use the internet, you understand that you are losing your privacy and that's it.

@serferp5580 Год назад

In develop edition Elementor you can use Custom Fonts, but not in normal free use

@RodrigoHernandez-pt7gg 2 года назад

Awesome Paul! Thanks for the valuable information! One question for further Google services... what is the matter with Google Analytics/ Google Maps? Any information about the topic? An incoming video maybe? Cheers and thanks a lot!

@AnilAgrawal 2 года назад

I think Astra Pro theme has the local fonts option which I have turned ON. Will double check. Cool info and tips. Thank you, Paul.

@notabolished1331 2 года назад

Where do we turn it on, please?

@kookia213 2 года назад

Great video and will definatly use this trick. Two more questions if you may: 1. Why not simply do a "fade in" kind of popup that says: "this website uses cookies and read and send data bla bla bla' and get you covered? (or it is too late because once website loads, details were already transmitted?). 2. Are google fonts free to use?. I seen the "open source" gpl (or something like that) license agreement and it seems free. the question is: in order to use them in a commercial website, should one contribute or pay to someone ? Thank you again.

@skjelstad777 2 года назад

What is the problem using a google font?

@Ehli-hak 2 года назад

In Germany you onnly have Problems with the GDPR / DSGVO. The only country who is blocking you to grow or build a new business.

@serferp5580 Год назад

Also we have new problem with Captcha and Frames of RU-vid

@tamera00 2 года назад

Sounds like its Google falling foul to the GDPR laws as they are the ones using the IP address for analytics..

@WPTuts 2 года назад

But the website owner is ultimately responsible for the features on their website and complying with GDPR sadly.

@davidadams421 2 года назад

@@WPTuts That's not strictly true, Paul, EVERY organisation that processes EU/UK personal data must comply with GDPR/DPA2018 regulations just like every organisation that conduct business in California must comply with their CCPA legislation. This would of course include the website owner, but is not limited to the website owner. This is a concerning precedent, however, and I've posted about it above.

@Railfandepot 2 года назад

Could a solution be to just use "Safe fonts", like Arial and Times New Roman? Boring, but no calls and no plugins. Right? Or am I missing something? (Entirely possible!)

@WPTuts 2 года назад

Sure, you could just use those system fonts and not have to worry about GDPR from a font point of view. 👍

@maddy1mymk 2 года назад

You are amazing!!!!

@cameliafilip 2 года назад

What if you use global CDN? How does that affect everything?

@WPTuts 2 года назад

If the fonts are not stored on your servers and potentially cached on your CDN you could still be affected by the visitors browser accessing the files from Google.

@FirebrandVOCALS 2 года назад

I don’t get GDPR at all …. Just Sounds like another way for extorting money from people. 😕

@WPTuts 2 года назад

You and 99% of the Internet then. Lol

@AllesPat 2 года назад

Its actually realy simple: if you or your site uses users data, you have to get an acceptance from them to do so. Until you do not have an acceptance, you are not allowed to use their data.

@davidadams421 2 года назад

@@AllesPat Explicit 'Consent' is _one of_ the mechanisms that give you a lawful basis for processing the personal data of UE/UK citizens. There are many more, such as 'Legitimate Interest' ( _e.g. you're signing up for a newsletter, therefore, you can process their personal data because the citizen has a 'Legitimate Interest' in your services_ ). Others include 'Legal Obligation' ( _e.g. where another aspect of the law requires you to process personal data e.g. HMRC requires that certain personal data is retained in order to apply for UK Gift Aid_ ), yet others include 'Public Interest' and so on. Explicit consent is NOT always required.

@AllesPat 2 года назад

@@davidadams421 Thats true - but for most people it is much more convenient to implement 6a) than to try to justify 6f)

@davidadams421 2 года назад

@@AllesPat A fair point, and you don't have to just 'pick 1'. In some circumstances you can have multiple lawful bases and, if you do, even if the data subject rescinds consent, if you still have a lawful basis, you can continue to store and process that data e.g. if you have a contractual lawful basis to retain contract signatories or similar. More is definitely better in this case.

@alexandrosdimiropoulos4768 2 года назад

When you were downloading OMGF another interesting plugin appeared next to it! CAOS host google analytics locally! Do you think it is also good to use a plugin like this for GDPR?

@ScadooshGoat 2 года назад

How are they going to enforce the fine on companies operating outside of the EU?

@WPTuts 2 года назад

I think it’s less about this specific case and more about if other countries adopt a similar stance.

@PatrickLauruol 2 года назад

Ultimately, a government could block access to your website using suppression techniques. Probably not likely in Germany currently, but that could be a thing.

@ibrahim.tariq525 2 года назад

But thanks for the information.

@bySterling 2 года назад

WTFrick?!? Wow Big UPS for getting our back Paul 💯

@bySterling 2 года назад

Grateful once again I’m a Blocksy Pro member

@wpglob-wordpresstutorials 2 года назад

Great tutorial. Very informative. Every time I enter your channel knowing that I'll learn something very valuable from you.

@Passion_4 Год назад

Hi Paul, are there any pros/cons as to using a plug-in like OMGF over the other route of uploading options through page builders?

@martinnorton5091 2 года назад

And FontAwesome, layered throughout Elementor, similar issue?

@razakahmad12 2 года назад

Tq, love u

@kevinschmidt2210 2 года назад

How is Germany going to make me pay their fine when I am here in the US? Personally, I think Google is evil. But, I also don't want other countries trying to tell me what to do, especially the US!

@AllesPat 2 года назад

It's not going to until you have a business in germany.

@kevinschmidt2210 2 года назад

@@AllesPat Even if I do business in Germany, I get paid here in the US in US Dollars.

@davidadams421 2 года назад

This legislation isn't really targeted at individuals, though the law must be applied equally. It was created to stop the likes of Google/Facebook harvesting your data and using it for their own [usually commercial] purposes. These corporations don't care about the fines, they do care about their reputation, however, and being found to have conducted illegal activities hurts them more than a fine ever will. Prior to this ruling, if you didn't put a cookie consent feature on your website, would 'the powers that be' prosecute you? Likely not, but this ruling sets a very uncomfortable precedent.

@kevinschmidt2210 2 года назад

@@davidadams421 Doesn't the GDPR consent notification cover Google fonts?

@AllesPat 2 года назад

@@kevinschmidt2210 Well, you need the acceptance about it - than yes (as long as its in your privacy policy); but if not, you need to block google fonts.

@Phoenix_Arise_J 2 года назад

I left a comment and a question on this video from the first 35 seconds, where did it go? 😔

@WPTuts 2 года назад

RU-vid has probably decided it didn’t like something about it and removed it. There’s a massive problem with this across the whole of RU-vid and is incredibly annoying for creators. 🤷🏼‍♂️☹️

@peterm.weidich8611 2 года назад

@@WPTuts Why don't you reach out to other (big) creators and get together in a united effort to demand that this be solved?

@garciajoaquin 2 года назад

Tu contenido es de una calidad superior, muy claro, muy profesional y sobre todo práctico! Gracias !

@MichaelDAvis1208 2 года назад

Hi Paul, is there a way or tool to check if my site is using Google fonts, and if it is NOT using it after I changed it to local fonts? Haven't found yet any tool to do that. Thank you very much for this video.

@davidadams421 2 года назад

The 'Network' view within Developer Tools (browser menu or tap F12) will show you how each asset is served. Remember that your browser caches most assets on first visit so to ensure a 'fresh load' either CTRL-Click refresh or append a /? to your URL. With a fresh load, the Network view will show whether the asset was served from your website or from a Google URL.

@MichaelDAvis1208 2 года назад

@@davidadams421 Thank you very much. That's what I'm looking for. Sometimes you just don't think of the simplest things.

@davidadams421 2 года назад

Paul, just made a few posts about this and they have all disappeared. Could you look into this and 'restore them from quarantine'?

@WPTuts 2 года назад

Sadly it’s RU-vid removing comments for no apparent reason and not just putting them into the approval section. It’s been going on for months and is as annoying as hell.