Hi developers at ...,
After review, <appname>, <packagename>, has been removed from Google Play due to a policy violation. This app won’t be available to users until you submit a compliant update.
Issue: Violation of Usage of Android Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer Distribution Agreement
Google Play requires developers to provide a valid privacy policy when the app requests or handles sensitive user or device information. We’ve identified that your app collects and transmits the Android advertising identifier, which is subject to a privacy policy requirement. If your app collects the Android advertising ID, you must provide a valid privacy policy in both the designated field in the Play Console, and from within the app.
Next steps: Submit your app for another review
Read through the Usage of Android Advertising ID and User Data policies, as well as the Developer Distribution Agreement, and make appropriate changes to your app. If you decide to collect sensitive user information, be sure to abide by the above policies, and include a link to a valid privacy policy on your app's store listing page and within your app.
Make sure that your app is compliant with all other Developer Program Policies. Additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy violations.
Sign in to your Play Console and submit the update to your app.
Alternatively, you may opt-out of this requirement by removing any requests for sensitive permissions or user data.
If approved, your app will again be available with all installs, ratings, and reviews intact.
If you’ve reviewed the policy and feel this removal may have been in error, please reach out to our policy support team. One of my colleagues will get back to you within 2 business days.
Thanks for helping us provide a clear and transparent experience for Google Play users.
My app, removed, asks the user to choose-invent a nick name; is this a "sensitive user information"???
Sure, my user could choose Washington (George?) as nick name and I could sell this precious information or use it for...not really but you'll have to put in your privacy policy that you will only use it for scoring reasons and not share it with third parties (as if they can use anything with it)
Hello,
This email is to alert you that one of your applications is not currently in compliance with our AdMob program policies and as a result, ad serving has been disabled to your application.
Issue ID#: 1234567890
Ad serving has been disabled to: com.someappname
Action required: Check all other remaining applications in your account for compliance.
Current account status: Active
What can I say? Just... no comments!the story goes on and on...
I finally submitted a policy url to my app page in google dev console.
While the app was already removed and I didn't even uploaded the new version it was manually reviewed again.
Now it was rejected because of "deceptive ads".
Atleast they add screenshots of the problem this time and guess what...
You can't even link to your own games page on Google Play by using a game related icon (gamepad in my case)!
I guess it can only be "more games" or something.
Exactly what happened to me in my Catapult game! I just had to change the gamepad icon to a text one wich said "more games". The strange thing is that my game has been in the store for years, and it happens now. BTW, I've had A LOT of warnings lately because these kind of things...You can't even link to your own games page on Google Play by using a game related icon (gamepad in my case)!
I guess it can only be "more games" or something.
They are reviewing all the old apps with a much stiffer method.Another removal
It seems they are now reading the app descriptions with a magnifying glass.
If you have a slight reference to something else (in my case a reference to a tv program from decades ago) they remove your app for being misleading.
8 hours later I also received a mail that admob has been disabled for that app.
It seems that things are working better together now at their end, which is the only positive part of this post
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