why your sdks may get you banned from google play store
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Why your SDKs May Get You Banned from Google Play Store
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Compliance with Google Play policy
Specific risks posed by Advertising-related SDKs
User identity violations
Specific risks posed by SDKs supporting push notifications and messaging
Privacy violations
What should you do?!
Developer policy
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SDK-RELATED REASONS TO BE BANNED FROM THE PLAY STORE
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AD COMPLIANCE TO GOOGLE PLAY REGULATIONS
Provide an easy way to close pop up ads
Users mustn’t be redirected to another site when they hit the X button
Ads cannot overlay messages or notifications of other apps
Extracting user data that’s ads-related for purposes other than advertising is a No-No
Extracting your user
Advertising ID is OK
IDENTITY VIOLATION – DO YOUR SDKs COMPLY?
Advertising ID
Using that ID to create a user
profile is NOT OK
Device
or
User identity
Google forbids triggering text message or e-mailfrom inside an app without showing the exact text to the user before sending
RULES RELATED TO PUSH NOTIFICATIONS & MESSAGING– DO YOUR SDKS COMPLY?
Comply with certain regulations, for example – COPPA for kids apps
For example:
You shouldn’t collect GPS location data from minors under the age of 13with BabyBus apps were suspendedfrom Google Play due to an analytics SDK that collected location data on their underage users.
RULES RELATED TO PRIVACY VIOLATION – DO YOUR SDKs COMPLY?
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
1. Use our SDKs MARKETPLACE
to help you choose SDKs withgood reviews, permissionsrequirements, and highscores.
2. Use our IN-APP PROTECTION
to help you instantly turn off aproblematic SDK, on the fly, with no need for a version update!
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
