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YouTube, Google Maps and Google Fonts embeds and GDPR

Legal · Nice to fix · vibeliq reports this as “Embeds share visitor data without asking”

Why it matters

Embedded videos, maps and fonts send each visitor's IP address to another company as soon as the page loads, and some set cookies. In the EU that needs consent or a privacy-friendly setup.

How to check it yourself

Search your page source for youtube.com/embed, google.com/maps and fonts.googleapis.com. Each one contacts another company the moment your page loads.

What the fix involves

Use youtube-nocookie.com, add ?dnt=1 to Vimeo, self-host your fonts, and swap maps and social embeds for a preview image that loads the real thing on click.

How vibeliq checks it

We load your page the way a visitor's browser would, read what your server sends back, and look at a short list of well-known addresses on your site. If this turns up, your report explains it in plain English and gives you a prompt, written for Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable or whatever built your site, that fixes it in your actual codebase.

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