Germany: German court fine for use of Google Fonts
Progress
Current status
in force
20 Jan 2022 in force
Scope
Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Ruled fine for use of Google Fonts by a website
The District Court of Munich, specifically its third civil chamber has ruled that an unknown website violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation by including fonts hosted by the service "Google Fonts". The reason is that the use of "Google Fo…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court