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schultz-it-solutions
28 Sep 2022

Steps to reproduce the issue

Joomla4: open "edit templates styles" (in Administration).
Select "Cassiopeia"
switch to "Advanced" tab
click on "Fonts scheme"

Expected result

Selectable options should be GDPR compliant

Actual result

without warning, it is possible to select "Fonts from web" (which results in loading the fonts from Google Fonts API).
This creates a GDPR violation (currently only in Germany, but Austria and other countries might follow soon), and the website owner is not even informed about this.

System information (as much as possible)

Joomla 4.2

Additional comments

Either remove the "Fonts from web" option, or replace it with a GDPR compliant solution (e.g. host the fonts on a Joomla server located within the EU).
It could also be a solution to warn the user about a possible GDPR violation, and leave the decision to him.

avatar schultz-it-solutions schultz-it-solutions - open - 28 Sep 2022
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - change - 28 Sep 2022
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brianteeman - comment - 28 Sep 2022

Selectable options should be GDPR compliant

The entire world is not governed by a crazy law in Germany.

and the website owner is not even informed about this.

Yes they are. At least in english - I can't speak about the german language translation/.

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schultz-it-solutions - comment - 28 Sep 2022

"The entire world is not governed by a crazy law in Germany."
I fully agree with you here. However the issue is not "a crazy law in Germany", but rather a very strict interpretation (by a german court) of an EU wide regulation (the regulation being already mirrored in many parts of the world).

I actually did not recognize the message below the field, sorry!

avatar N6REJ N6REJ - change - 28 Sep 2022
Status New Closed
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022-09-28 15:53:51
Closed_By N6REJ
avatar N6REJ N6REJ - close - 28 Sep 2022

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