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 Advertising ID policy and section 4.8 of the Developer Distribution Agreement
Google Play requires developers to provide a valid privacy policy when the app requests or handles sensitive user or device information. We’ve identified that your app collects and transmits the Android advertising ID, which is subject to a privacy policy requirement.
Is it possible any of my dependencies uses it? Here's the list of dependencies:
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
implementation "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-common:$anko_version"
implementation ("com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$android_support_version") {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'animated-vector-drawable'
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'design'
}
implementation ("com.android.support:design:$android_support_version") {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'animated-vector-drawable'
}
implementation ("com.android.support:cardview-v7:$android_support_version") {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'animated-vector-drawable'
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'design'
}
implementation 'com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.0.2'
implementation 'com.github.apl-devs:appintro:v4.2.3'
implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.8@aar') {
transitive = true
}
implementation 'com.firebase:firebase-jobdispatcher:0.7.0'
implementation ("com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:$firestore_version") {
exclude group: 'com.google.firebase', module: 'firebase-auth'
}
implementation ("com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:$firebase_version") {
exclude group: 'com.google.firebase', module: 'firebase-firestore'
}
implementation ("com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:$firebase_version") {
exclude group: 'com.google.firebase', module: 'firebase-firestore'
}
implementation ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.0') {
exclude group: 'com.google.firebase', module: 'firebase-firestore'
}
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
implementation ("com.android.support:exifinterface:$android_support_version") {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'animated-vector-drawable'
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'design'
}
implementation 'com.soundcloud.android:android-crop:1.0.1@aar'
implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.7.1'
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