Self-hosting Google Fonts: the 15-minute fix for a classic GDPR finding A German court ruling from 2022 has made loading Google Fonts from Google's CDN a common GDPR violation for websites, including AI-built apps, because it transmits visitors' IP addresses to Google without consent. The developer behind howsafeismyapp.com outlines a 15-minute fix: self-hosting font files locally, which removes the third-party request and is faster in practice. The project offers a free checker tool to detect such issues. Originally published on howsafeismyapp.com. If your app's