LG München: 3 O 17493/20 Vom 20.01.2022, 2022-01-20 (; backlinks):
Dynamic IP addresses constitute personal data for the operator of a website, because he has the abstract legal means that could reasonably be used to have the person in question determined from the stored IP addresses with the help of third parties, namely the competent authority and the Internet access provider (following BGH VI ZR 135/13).
The use of font services such as Google Fonts cannot be based on Art. 6 (1) p.1 lit. f GDPR, since the use of the fonts is also possible without a connection from visitors to Google servers.
There is no obligation on the part of the visitor to “encrypt” his IP address (presumably means disguise it, for example by using a VPN).
The disclosure of the user’s IP address in the above-mentioned manner and the associated encroachment on the general right of personality is so substantial with regard to the loss of control over a personal data to Google, a company that is known to collect data about its users, and the individual discomfort felt by the user as a result, that a claim for damages is justified.
…The defendant is sentenced to refrain from a fine of up to €250,000.00 to be set for each case of infringement, alternatively to imprisonment or imprisonment for up to 6 months, when the plaintiff accesses a website operated by the defendant and his IP address address by providing a font from the provider Google (Google Fonts) to disclose the provider of this font…The defendant is sentenced to pay the plaintiff €100.00 plus interest from this amounting to 5 percentage points above the base interest rate since January 28, 2021.
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