https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#what_does_using_the_...
I'm no lawyer, but I read that as it is not used for tracking users.
(full disclosure: I work at Google, on something unrelated)
I'm no lawyer, but I read that as it is not used for tracking users.
(full disclosure: I work at Google, on something unrelated)
> We only [sic] see 1 CSS request per font family, per day, per browser. Google Fonts logs records of the CSS and the font file requests, and access to this data is kept secure.
I read that as what's written there. It's for tracking. Tracking popularity is still tracking.
Tracking usually refers to tracking users, which as I read the FAQ isn't what it's for.
Probably to allow for updates and estimate popularity, with low overhead assuming CSS files are small.