Web Font Tracking Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 1, 2023.

Web Font Tracking Privacy Policy

This Web Font Tracking Privacy Policy applies to the use of the Monotype Web Font tracking script when you self-host Web Fonts and similar technologies to count the page views of web pages that use Web Fonts provided by Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal offices at 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 USA, and our subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide (collectively, the “Web Fonts”). As the web site owner you should incorporate these terms into your sites’ privacy policy to ensure that your site users are informed about our use of personal data.

What’s Contained in this Privacy Policy?

The following subjects are discussed in this Privacy Policy:

  • What information do we collect from you?
  • How do we use the information we collect from you?
  • How and with whom do we share and disclose information we collect from you?
  • What other technologies do we use?
  • What Services are not covered by this Privacy Policy?
  • Do we use cookies?
  • How can you contact us?
  • Do we make changes to this Privacy Policy and/or our privacy practices? 

What information do we collect from you?

When you access a web site which contains our Web Font tracking script or similar technology we will collect the web font project identification number (anonymized), the URL of the licensed Web Site which is linked to a Customer ID to allow us to identify the licensee and the licensed Web Fonts, and the referrer URL.

Additionally, when you access a web site which contains our Web Font tracking script or similar technology, your IP address is transferred to our third party service provider. The transfer of such IP address takes place in order to count the page views for our licensees and to prevent illicit use of our web font software (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), but the IP addresses are not transmitted to us, stored, or otherwise processed by our third party service provider.  

How do we use the information we collect from you?

We store the anonymized web font project identification number in encrypted log files with such data for 30 days to extract the monthly number of page views. After such extraction and storing the number of page views the log files are deleted. 

How and with whom do we share and disclose information we collect from you?

We share anonymized information with our subsidiaries and affiliates.

What other technologies do we use?

We do not use any other technology to process anonymized data of users of web sites which use our Web Fonts.

What Services are not covered by this Privacy Policy?

This Privacy Policy governs only information that we collect through tracking on web sites that use our Web Font technology. No other service or product offered by Monotype Imaging Inc. or website owned or operated by Monotype Imaging Inc. is covered by this Privacy Policy.

Do we use cookies?

No, we do not use cookies in connection with tracking use of our Web Fonts.

How can you contact us?

Please direct any inquiries related to this Privacy Policy, the security of your personal information or other information we have collected about you to our data protection representative by emailing us at [email protected], or by sending mail to:

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc.
Attn. Data Protection Representative
600 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801 USA

If you have any questions or comments about our company, our Services or have other customer service needs, please contact your local Monotype office. You can click here for a list of contact information for our domestic and international offices.

Do we make changes to this Privacy Policy and/or to our privacy practices?

Yes. We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, the technologies we use that related to your privacy, legal or other regulatory requirements as well as for other reasons. Please check the “LAST UPDATED” notation at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. When changes are made to this Privacy Policy they will become immediately effective when published in a revised Privacy Policy posted on this page unless otherwise noted. Your use of any of our Services following these changes indicates your consent to the practices described in the revised Privacy Policy.

Also from time to time, we may desire to use your personal information for uses not previously disclosed in this Privacy Policy. If our practices change regarding your previously collected personal information in a way that would be materially less restrictive than stated in the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collected the information, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice and obtain your consent for any such uses as may be required by law.