Is Adobe Fonts GDPR compliant?

What does Adobe Fonts do?

Typekit as it is now called, loaded from Adobe's servers. Like any hosted font service it transmits the IP address on every page view, and the licence usually forbids self-hosting.

Does Adobe Fonts need consent?

Yes. Adobe Fonts is Web fonts, which is never strictly necessary for a website to function. Under ePrivacy Article 5(3), and its national transpositions, storing or reading anything on the device for that purpose requires consent first, and that consent has to be as easy to refuse as it is to give.

ePrivacy Art. 5(3) · TDDDG § 25 (DE) · TKG 2021 § 165(3) (AT) · GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

Does Adobe Fonts send data outside the EEA?

Yes. Adobe Fonts processes data outside the European Economic Area, so you need a transfer mechanism under Chapter V and you have to say so in your privacy policy. In practice this means standard contractual clauses, or a provider certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

LG München I, 3 O 17493/20 · GDPR Art. 6(1)

What can I use instead of Adobe Fonts?

How do we detect Adobe Fonts?

We load your page in a real browser as a first-time visitor who clicks nothing, then look at what it contacted. Adobe Fonts is recognised by requests to use.typekit.net, typekit.net and typekit.com, and we report whether it merely loaded or actually sent data, and whether it set a cookie before any choice was made.