I got a warning from Google about my app violates "user data" policy due to the app require some permission (e.g. android.permission.CAMERA, READ_PHONE_STATE).
Google require me include a link to a valid privacy policy on my app's store listing page and within my app. Anyone have this experience and how you can fix this? any standard privacy policy I can find from web?
I found a fairly similar, popular app that had a privacy policy and used their policy as a "template". Although, I did not copy it word for word.
As far as I can tell the way Google Play implements the link to a privacy policy, it requires that the developer have a website to host the policy webpage. If this is true, I personally don't think that is friendly for very small developers who may not have a website available.
I found a fairly similar, popular app that had a privacy policy and used their policy as a "template". Although, I did not copy it word for word.
As far as I can tell the way Google Play implements the link to a privacy policy, it requires that the developer have a website to host the policy webpage. If this is true, I personally don't think that is friendly for very small developers who may not have a website available.
I just copied the wording from another developers website and put it on a page on my wordpress blog site. Wordpress blogs are free so it won't cost you a penny.
I haven't put the link in my app yet though, need to think how to do that since it's a game.
Got this email too. Possibly because of ads but I had the privacy policy in the description already. Will it matter if I put it inside my app? Will Google be happy with it?
For each app, go to the Store Listing tab on the Developer Console. At the very bottom, there is a place to add a link to a policy. I added a privacy policy to my app but, I'm guessing, that the only way Google will know is if you also add one on the Developer site. I can't think of a way for them to check the app itself so they probably scan the database looking for blank privacy policy entries.
I got an email as well - but found a way to remove the 'dangerous' permission - READ_PHONE_STATE which was the only one in my code, in one App thankfully. Then I can tick the 'no policy' tick box.