Warning of Google Play Developer policy violation: Action Required

Question

I recently received many mails from google for many of my apps.

The email content is:

Hello Google Play Developer,

Our records sho

Answer 1

This violation error is arising because of the permission

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />

You should read about the google developer policies for the same. If this permission is not mandatory you can remove it and you won't get this error then. Else you first have to provide policy url to your app in google play developer console and you must also provide the same url in the app.

Answer 2

READ_CONTACTS is a sensitive permission and Google requires you to have a Privacy Policy.

Other sensitive permissions are camera, audio recording, contacts.

You can fix the violation by either removing those sensitive permissions that ask for personal data or by adding a Privacy Policy URL to your Android app:

1. Log into your Google Play Developer Console.
2. Select All Applications
3. Select the application
4. Click Store Listing
5. Enter the public URL of your Privacy Policy at the Privacy Policy field:

Note that you need to host your Privacy Policy on your website and provide the URL on that "Privacy Policy " field. Google won't host the agreement for you.

Other alternatives to host the policy that you can use are GitHub Pages.