Hi @shyamavadukar,
Greetings from Webtoffee!
Our plugin works by blocking the scripts that generate cookies. Since Google font is not implemented as a script our plugin cannot block it.
Google Fonts does not set cookies and seem as harmless. However, if a font is requested by the visitor’s browser, the visitor’s IP address is recorded by Google and used for analytical purposes.
Here’s what happens when someone opens your website:
A visitor lands on your website
In order to display the content visitor wants to see, he has to download the website
Google Fonts is part of your website but you don’t have the font file hosted locally
So, the visitor has to request the Google Fonts file from Google’s servers.
In order for Google to know where to deliver the desired font, it uses visitor’s IP address
The Google server records the IP address of your visitor and sends them the Google Font file.
Your website loads with the provided Google Fonts file. But, Google doesn’t delete your visitor’s IP address.
If someone from the European Union is a website visitor, then Google storing the European citizen’s IP address breaches the GDPR privacy act.
Here is the solution:
Locally saving the Google Fonts resources to your website server eliminates the need to get the resources from Google’s servers.
You can do this by downloading the Google Fonts files and uploading it to your web host. After that, you’ll have to add some rules to your CSS files regarding the font-face of your pages.
There are some plugins that you can use to automatically downloads the Google Fonts your WordPress site uses and generates a stylesheet for it. One such example is OMGF ( we haven’t tested this) It will integrate the sheet into your site’s header and loads locally together with everything else hosted on your web server.
NB: We cannot provide any legal advice. We request you to understand the legal aspect of this matter after consulting with a legal adviser.
