It looks like Google started displaying the developer's full legal name and physical home address under App support - About the developer (this is a new section). It seems they started showing this for new accounts and possibly accounts that have been verified, that probably means that as soon as you do the new account verification on the Play Console, your full legal name and address will also start showing on your app's Play Store page. What do you think about this? For me this is a big privacy/safety concern.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/240607693/my-full-legal-name-and-address-is-showing-in-the-about-the-developer-section-of-my-app-how-to-hide

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/07/boosting-trust-and-transparency-in-google-play.html

When i go to Developer Account > About you it says
Your legal name and address are taken from the Google payments profile that you selected when you created this developer account and obv i had there writen my personal address not knowing they gonna be public and it says if i want to change it i need to fill a form where i need to upload documents i dont have because its virtual address

I have been trying to setup my Google Play Store, however, Google insists on showing my address on the store page which I don't feel comfortable with. I have tried to contact support and explain my situation however they can only forward me to the change address screen which requires proof of address, I have a PAYG PO Box that would be okay to use, but my bank wont allow a PO box address to be used.

Has any solo developer come up with an easy fix for this issue? I dont see how making developers legal information public is safe or useful

EDIT - For anyone looking for an answer: You can get a D-U-N-S number for free from here then see how things go before you register at companies house or anything.