Is my app or its dependencies violating the Android Advertising Id policy?

Question

I\'ve just received this message from Google Play but I\'m not collecting the Advertising ID.

Reason for warning: Violation of Usage of Android Advert

Answer 1

Privacy policy webpage creation:

• First, create a page with the privacy policy of the blocked application.
• Write what information you process. If you do not process private data, write it clearly.
• Add information (link) about app privacy policy in Google Play Console

App update with consent:

• Follow the instruction from Google website: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/eu-consent

• Add link to your privacy policy:
  privacyUrl = new URL("https://www.your.com/privacyurl"); ConsentForm form = new ConsentForm.Builder(context, privacyUrl)

• Add the privacy policy webpage by opening it in browser or in webview in your application

• Update app with consent and upload on Google Play Console

Answer 2

copied from google mail

Please contact policy support team.

1. If your app requests user data or makes sensitive permissions requests such as Phone, Accounts, Contacts, Camera, Microphone, or if your app uses the Android advertising identifier, you'll need to add a valid privacy policy in two places: your app's Store Listing page (instructions below) and within your app.
2. As a second option, you can remove any requests for user data or sensitive permissions. For example, you would need to remove {copy and paste permissions here} from the manifest. You will not need to add a privacy policy if you remove these requests. If you cannot complete steps 1 or 2, you'll need to unpublish the app from the Play Store.
3. If your app is already unpublished, you don’t need to take action unless you re-publish the app in the future.

You can follow these steps to add a privacy policy to your Store Listing:

1. Sign in to your Play Console.

2. Select your app.

3. On the left side, select Store presence > Store listing.

4. Under "Privacy Policy," enter the URL where you have the privacy policy hosted online.

5. Save your changes to submit the update to your app.

Please visit our help center for more information about Google Play privacy policy requirements.

Answer 3

my app deleted from store today .. same issue all i do that i add privacy policy to the app from(App console - Store presence - Store listing) Like the image you can create it from App Privacy Policy Generator and uplaod it and write the link in Store listing and resubmit the app That is work for me and sorry for my bad language

Answer 4

I received a warning from Google recently mentioning that I have violated the Usage of Android Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer Distribution Agreement.

I dont use ads on my app , but I am tracking users events / analytics using Amplitude and Fabric , which might be the cause of this warning.

Action required to solve the problem:

1. Generate privacy policy using Firebase app privacy policy generator

2. Include your generated privacy policy into your app , and make it accessible to users.

3. Update the app, and add privacy policy link (via Web page, or Google doc) to your store listing.

Answer 5

Disabling Advertising ID collection:

https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/disable-analytics#disable_advertising_id_collection

via those two lines in Manifest file:

<meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="true" />

<meta-data android:name="google_analytics_adid_collection_enabled" android:value="false" />

Answer 6

I had one of my app removed and another got warning for reason given as Issue: Violation of Usage of Android Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer Distribution Agreement

I created the privacy policies for both the apps, updated the link in play console store listing, included privacy policy link in main menu of both apps and resubmitted apps. Both the apps are now live and running . If you need you can copy the policy, make sure to do edits according to your app permissions and name. Privacy policy

I don't know if these play console removal and warning count as strike, or somebody can enlighten me.