Technical audit · 26.05.2026

aws.at

Austrian Economic Development Agency

Austrian Economic Development Agency — 20 requests, 2 domains. fast.fonts.net (Monotype, USA) loads fonts on every visit — IP address sent to the USA without declaration. Matomo is declared with a cookie banner — it did not appear in the HAR.

Request timeline

+275 ms · fast.fonts.net

fast.fonts.net/cssapi loads the font project configuration. IP address transmitted to Monotype (USA).

+505 ms · 3 WOFF2 files

fast.fonts.net/dv2 serves three WOFF2 font files. 5 requests to the external CDN in total per session.

Session total

15 requests to www.aws.at, 5 to fast.fonts.net. Matomo did not appear in the HAR — the consent gate holds.

Declared versus actual

✓ Matomo — declared with a cookie banner, absent from the HAR — declared

✓ Microsoft Bookings — for scheduling appointments, declared — declared

+ fast.fonts.net (Monotype) — external font CDN, IP address transferred to the USA, absent from the policy — not declared

Transfer timings

+275 ms fast.fonts.net

Monotype/Fonts.com CDN. Cloudflare-backed. Data goes to the USA, absent from the policy.

+505 ms fast.fonts.net

3 WOFF2 files. Each request is a separate transfer of the IP address to the USA.

Indicators of GDPR non-compliance

GDPR Art. 13, Art. 44 ff.
fast.fonts.net (Monotype/Fonts.com) loads a CSS configuration and 3 WOFF2 font files from servers in the USA on every visit. The IP address is transmitted to Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, MA, USA) without declaration in the privacy policy.

Context

Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws) is the state economic development agency, distributing subsidies and guarantees to Austrian businesses on behalf of the federal government. HAR: 20 requests, 2 domains.

fast.fonts.net — fonts from the USA without declaration

fast.fonts.net — a CDN operated by Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts, USA), a commercial web-font provider. Every page load triggers 5 requests to it: a CSS font-project configuration and three WOFF2 files. Each request transmits the visitor’s IP address to the USA. This service is not mentioned in aws’s privacy policy — not as Monotype, not as Fonts.com, and not as an “external font CDN.”

The policy describes Matomo with an opt-in consent gate and a cookie banner. Matomo did not appear in the HAR — the consent system works. This is the correct architecture for the analytics tool aws describes, and it wouldn’t have worked without a consent gate.

Conclusion

aws correctly documented Matomo and implemented a consent gate. But the use of an external font CDN transmitting data to the USA without declaring it in the policy is a narrow but real gap for an agency that itself awards digitalization subsidies to Austrian businesses.

Evidence

How to verify: download the file and compute its checksum — sha256sum file.har (Linux, macOS) or certutil -hashfile file.har SHA256 (Windows); it must match the one shown. The conclusions apply to the scope of this measurement — see the limitations of the method.

Original (audit)

HAR file: at/aws-at-2026-05-26.har

SHA-256: ea8f727f58566d38c112587223d3cf3989098d35f743b403a52bffe4aa5f48cc

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Step 1. Data access request (GDPR Art. 15)

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Тема: Запрос доступа к персональным данным (ст. 15 GDPR) — aws.at

Кому: [укажите адрес компании — DPO / поддержка / юридический отдел]
От: [Ваше имя], [контактный email]

Прошу предоставить доступ к моим персональным данным, обрабатываемым в связи с использованием сайта aws.at.

1. Категории данных и цели обработки (ст. 15(1)(a)-(c))
На основании независимого технического анализа сайта прошу подтвердить и подробно раскрыть следующие категории обработки:

1) fast.fonts.net (Monotype/Fonts.com) загружает CSS конфигурацию и 3 WOFF2-файла шрифтов с серверов в США при каждом посещении. IP-адрес передаётся в Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, MA, USA) без декларации в политике конфиденциальности.


2. Получатели, сроки хранения и передача за пределы ЕЭЗ (ст. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
Прошу также указать полный список третьих лиц-получателей, применимые сроки хранения по каждой категории и правовые основания передачи данных за пределы ЕЭЗ, если таковая происходит. Полный технический разбор с доказательствами (сохранённый сетевой журнал, контрольная сумма SHA-256) опубликован по адресу: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-aws-at/

3. Автоматизированная обработка и профилирование (ст. 15(1)(h))
Прошу сообщить, применяется ли в отношении меня автоматизированное принятие решений или профилирование, и если да — раскрыть логику такой обработки.

С уважением,

[Ваше имя]
[контактный email]
[Страна]


[Дата]

Subject: Data access request (GDPR Art. 15) — aws.at

To: [insert the company's address — DPO / support / legal department]
From: [Your name], [contact email]

I request access to my personal data processed in connection with the website aws.at.

1. Categories of data and purposes of processing (Art. 15(1)(a)-(c))
Based on an independent technical analysis of the site, I request confirmation and detailed disclosure of the following categories of processing:

1) fast.fonts.net (Monotype/Fonts.com) loads a CSS configuration and 3 WOFF2 font files from servers in the USA on every visit. The IP address is transmitted to Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, MA, USA) without declaration in the privacy policy.

2. Recipients, retention periods, and transfers outside the EEA (Art. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
I also request the full list of third-party recipients, the applicable retention period for each category, and the legal basis for any transfer of data outside the EEA. The full technical audit with evidence (saved network log, SHA-256 checksum) is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-aws-at/

3. Automated processing and profiling (Art. 15(1)(h))
Please state whether I am subject to automated decision-making or profiling, and if so, disclose the logic involved.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]

[Date]

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Тема: Жалоба на обработку персональных данных — aws.at

1. Предмет жалобы
Я подаю жалобу в отношении обработки моих персональных данных сайтом aws.at.

2. Обстоятельства
Я посетил сайт aws.at и обнаружил признаки несоответствия обработки моих персональных данных требованиям GDPR. Технический разбор, опубликованный на gdpru.eu 26.05.2026 (открытая методология, воспроизводимые измерения), документирует следующие признаки:

1) fast.fonts.net (Monotype/Fonts.com) загружает CSS конфигурацию и 3 WOFF2-файла шрифтов с серверов в США при каждом посещении. IP-адрес передаётся в Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, MA, USA) без декларации в политике конфиденциальности.

Полная техническая документация опубликована по адресу: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-aws-at/

3. Положения GDPR, соблюдение которых прошу проверить
GDPR Art. 13, Art. 44 ff.

4. Требование
Прошу проверить изложенные обстоятельства и, если несоответствие подтвердится, принять меры, предусмотренные статьёй 58(2) GDPR.

5. Приложения
Полная доказательная база — HAR-файл, контрольная сумма SHA-256 и цитата из политики конфиденциальности сайта, документирующая указанное противоречие — опубликована и проверяема по ссылке в пункте 2 выше.

С уважением,

[Ваше имя]
[контактный email]
[Страна]

[Дата]

Subject: Complaint regarding personal data processing — aws.at

1. Subject of the complaint
I am filing a complaint regarding the processing of my personal data by the website aws.at.

2. Circumstances
I visited the website aws.at and found indications that the processing of my personal data does not comply with the GDPR. The technical analysis published on gdpru.eu on 26 May 2026 (open methodology, reproducible measurements) documents the following indications:

1) fast.fonts.net (Monotype/Fonts.com) loads a CSS configuration and 3 WOFF2 font files from servers in the USA on every visit. The IP address is transmitted to Monotype Imaging Inc. (Woburn, MA, USA) without declaration in the privacy policy.

Full technical documentation is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-aws-at/

3. GDPR provisions I ask you to examine
GDPR Art. 13, Art. 44 ff.

4. Request
I request that you examine the circumstances described and, if non-compliance is confirmed, apply the measures provided for in Article 58(2) GDPR.

5. Attachments
The full evidence base — the HAR file, its SHA-256 checksum and the quotation from the site's privacy policy documenting the stated contradiction — is published and verifiable at the link in point 2 above.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]


[Date]