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There is an important point to this ruling that shouldn't be omitted:

> Der Einsatz von Schriftartendiensten wie Google Fonts kann nicht auf Art. 6 Abs. 1 S.1 lit. f DSGVO gestützt werden, da der Einsatz der Schriftarten auch möglich ist, ohne dass eine Verbindung von Besuchern zu Google Servern hergestellt werden muss.

To roughly translate: One can use Google Fonts without forcing users to make a request to google servers (by downloading the fonts and serving them locally) so this doesn't fall under GDPR (which allows sharing/using user data if it is necessary for functionality).

Which would most likely include CDNs but a point could be made for things like youtube and twitch where that isn't really possible/feasible.

Edit: One addition to the "necessary" part: Necessary for what the USER wants to do when visiting your site. Might be arguing semantics but this is law after all, which is all about semantics



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