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Google Plays data safety feature is something I look at a lot and alot of my apps seem to collect information and some don't at all, but the table itself for the app is often not specific enough, for example.. a tycoon game needs my location information.. why? How do they get it? And what am I risking? It sometimes tells you but there's no way of checking if they actually use it like that.. some are honest too, especially location info witch j have no idea how they get if they don't access my location. If Google gives it to them, if I turn off location for the app they no longer get it? Do my settings already stop background data being given to them when I'm not in the app?Alot of great apps and games I have have suspicious data requirements and low download counts and I do not know how they get the data and what I can do to stopgiving apps and games things they do not need. Like another app that monitors it (lol)
I just want to have a more in depth discussion about Google plays data safety..If that makes sense..
Open
Google Play ConsoleApp content
Data safety => Manage
Overview click next
Answer the questions (then next):
Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types? = yes
Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit? = yes
Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted? = yes
go to
Device or other IDsand check it thennextcheck Device or other IDs and manage it
answer the questions
Is this data collected, shared, or both? = Collected
Is this data processed ephemerally? = yes
Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected? = Users can choose whether this data is collected
Why is this user data collected? = check
App functionality
then save
click next and save and app will review and approved by play store team
There were some changes in the console, so let me post an answer as of today
If you are using Google Ads and you received an email with "Version code 15: Policy Declaration - Data Safety Section" violation here what you need to do:
- Go to Data safety
- Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types? --> Yes
- Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit? --> Yes
- Under data types select
- Personal info --> User IDs
- App activity --> App interactions
- App info and performance --> Crash logs, Diagnostics, Other app performance data
- Device or other IDs --> Device or other IDs
- Click next
- Here for each previously selected points select
- Is this data collected, shared or both? --> Collected, Shared
- Is this data processed ephemerally? --> Yes, this collected data is processed ephemerally
- Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected? --> Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)
- Why is this user data collected? --> Advertising or marketing
Submit it and you should be good to go!