Description

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 Fonts" on the website transmitted the plaintiff's dynamic IP address to Google without explicit consent and without a legitimate basis. Such action violates the right to informational self-determination. The amount of the fine is 100 euros and the website is directed to stop providing IP addresses to Google and if it continues to use "Google Fonts", it will be charged with EUR 250'000 for each violation or alternatively 6 months in prison.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2022-01-20
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The District Court of Munich, specifically its third civil chamber has ruled that an unknown websit…