Has your Android app been rejected within the review stage, stating "Invalid Data Safety Form"? Here is a quick solution that you can try out and get your application approved.
Some SDKs require certain data to be collected by the app to provide a better user experience, so it is necessary to fill in the section properly so the Google Review Team does not reject the
Steps to update the section
Step 1: Log in to your Developer console
Step 2: Select your App
Step 3: In the left menu, go to "App Content"
Step 4: Scroll down to the "Data Safety" section
Step 5: Fill in the details as provided in the screenshots.
A. Once you click on the Manage button, it will ask you questions.
Answer them as below.
- "Does your app collect or share any required user data types?" - Yes
- "Is all the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit?" - Yes
- "Do you offer users an option to delete their data ?" - This can be answered according to your app if you delete the user data, say "Yes", else "No"
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B. Click on the "Next" button.
C. Scroll to the "Device or other IDs" section.
D. Select the checkbox - "Device or other IDs".
E. You can select other information you are collecting (Optional)
F. Click on the "Next" button
G. In the "Device or other IDs" click on "Show", and it might either show a "Start" or "Edit" button (depending on the activity you've done earlier), and click on it.
H. In the modal, there will be certain questions, answer them as follows:
- "Is this data collected, shared, or both?" - Select the "Collected" checkbox.
- "Is this data processed ephemerally?" - Select the radio button "Yes, this collected data is processed ephemerally."
- "Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it's collected?" - Select the radio button "Data collection is required" (users can't turn off this data collection).
- "Why is this user data collected? Select all that apply." - Select the checkbox "App functionality".