I don&#x27;t think* embedding Google Fonts allows Google much (any?) data collection beyond, presumably, that the font was requested, though it&#x27;s definitely an unnecessary dependency.<p>Given Google Fonts allows you to download all of the fonts, with license info provided, in a variety of formats, there&#x27;s almost no good reason not to embed them directly in your own site.<p>Right now, Sandstorm apps will currently work with Google Fonts, but the Sandstorm team intends to sandbox the client side better in the near-ish future, so I&#x27;ve already been nudging Sandstorm apps to make sure not to use such things when I see it.<p>Note that while the author&#x27;s blog uses Google Fonts, the Piwik Sandstorm package does not. (I checked.)<p>*I don&#x27;t know.