Has your android app been rejected with in the review stage stating "Invalid Data safety form", here is a quick solution which 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 the section properly so the is not rejected by the Google Review Team
Steps to update the section.
- Login into your Developer console
- Select your App
- In the left menu go to "App Content"
- Scroll down to "Data Safety" section
- Fill in the details as provided in the screenshots.
- Once you click on the manage button it will ask you questions answer them as below
- "Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types?" - Yes
- "Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit?" - Yes
- "Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted?" - This can be answered according to your app if you delete the user data say "Yes" else "No"
- Click on the "Next" button
- Scroll to the "Device or other IDs" section
- Select the checkbox - "Device or other IDs"
- (Optional) you can select other information you are collecting
- Click on "Next" button
- In the "Device or other IDs" click on "Show" and it might either show "Start" or "Edit" button (depending on the activity you've done earlier) and click on it.
- In the modal there will be certain question 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"
- "Is this data collected, shared or both?" - Select the "
- Once you click on the manage button it will ask you questions answer them as below