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Questions tagged [privacy-policy]

For question regarding the privacy rules and policies of used applications, frameworks, APIs, and services.

Examples:

  • Does product XYZ collect usage data?
  • What kind of data is being collected?
  • Does XYZ online service save my users data?
  • Is collected data encrypted?
  • What is the retention rules for collected data in product XYZ?
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Meaning of the GitHub message: push declined due to email privacy restrictions

I have accepted and merged a pull request on GitHub, and now I cannot pull my commits any more. The message is: ! [remote rejected] master -> master (push declined due to email privacy restrictions) error: failed to push some refs to…
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How should I deal with the Facebook app privacy policy URL in developers page?

I'm trying to import fb-login function and there are some features which need to be inspected by facebook such as job status, education, etc. And they're saying that they requires privacy policy URL. So, I made a facebook page, which I will use as a…
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Warning of Google Play Developer policy violation: Action Required

I recently received many mails from google for many of my apps. The email content is: Hello Google Play Developer, Our records show that your app, XXXX, with package name com.XXXX.XXXXXXXXXX, currently violates our User Data policy regarding …
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Privacy policy link for Google Play

I am having trouble here, this is my first app and there is so much involved, I did not think it was this hard, currently I am stuck on adding a link to my app's PRIVACY POLICY my app is very simple. It does not share any data but I do use Google…
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Android app privacy policy

I plan to include GCM into my app and now I don't know if it needs to be in the privacy policy. And where can I get a good privacy policy for an app for the play store? Are there any privacy policy creators or something like this?
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Firebase analytics and the consent dialog

I have a simple application in the play store that doesn’t have access to the users personal information (uses only bluetooth and network). I have been considering using the Firebase analytics to get some insights how people use the app and where I…
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Setting Android Privacy Policy

I am using AdMob in my android application. Do i need to create a Privacy Policy in my application to inform users about cookies that Google uses? If yes where do i need to put it? Do i must write it in descriptions on Google Play? Or on fist run do…
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New release stuck at "Ready to send for review" after play store removed the app

My app was recently removed from the play store for missing the privacy policy inside the app. APK REQUIRES VALID PRIVACY POLICY​ Your app is uploading users' Primary Account information to ************ without posting a privacy policy in both the…
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How to fix "Violation of Usage of Android Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer Distribution Agreement"

Today I received this email from google: Hi developers at ..., After review, appName, com.app.package, 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:…
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Android Camera Privacy Policy

I received an email from Google Policy issue: Google Play requires developers to provide a valid privacy policy when the app requests or handles sensitive user or device information. Your app requests sensitive permissions (e.g. camera, microphone,…
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Privacy policy on Facebook tab

I received an e-mail from Facebook that i need to include a privacy policy in my Facebook tab. I thought privacy policy's were only needed in Facebook Apps. Were can i find an example of a privacy policy?
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Policy violation issue shown for library or SDK (com.google.ads, com.google.android.gms.internal)

In my Google Developer Console, there are warnings for several apps as We have determined that your app uses a library or SDK (com.google, com.google.ads) that is in violation of the Developer Program Policy. Please note that beginning Aug…
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privacy policy Permission (S) :

please help me and solve my problem in my google developer account. Your app has an APK with version code 508008 that requests the following permission(s): …
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How to record audio from a background (launchctl-based) process under Mojave/Catalina?

First, a little background info to explain my motivation: I've got a Qt/C++/Objective-C++ application that uses CoreAudio/AVFoundation to receive incoming audio from specified audio inputs on the Mac, modify the audio, and then play the modified…
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Firebase Auth via Facebook and Google what with Privacy Policy?

I want to develop simple database backend with Firebase Realtime Database to my Android app. I want to auth users via Firebase Auth (Facebook and Google). Do I need to write Privacy Policy ? I guess the answer is yes, so is there any pre-made…
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