The wave of warnings when using Google Fonts – Mimikama has reported – has another facet: one of the people warned is Hildegard von Bingen. The problem? The Christian mystic and polymath has been dead for over 840 years. So how can such a strange letter even be written and sent?

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Excerpt from the warning letter as available to the law firm Harlander & Partner

The Salzburg lawyer, who is responsible for the legal representation of the affected homepage operator, explains the “funniest piece of evidence so far” in the legal case as follows: It is not people, but computer programs that search the Internet for conspicuous websites that use Google Fonts. These crawlers analyze the text in the site's legal notice. However, they don't stop at the first name, but continue to search for passages that sound like a name. It can happen that the job title “herbal practitioner according to Hildegard von Bingen” was automatically used to address the warning letter.

Lawyers and courts must clarify what exactly this automation means for the consideration of the legal case. We'll keep you updated until then!

Sources:
https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/datenschutz-abmahnwelle-auch-hildegard-von-bingen-erholt-brief-vom-anwalt-126393475
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterharlander_es -sounds-like-clickbait-but-is-true-activity-6970749285738950656-nvvi


Here are more details about Google Fonts & warnings


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