Contract effective date: September 18, 2024. Runtime consent, request, security, audit, and deployment timestamps remain factual records.
Google Play Store Compliance Checklist
Source IDs: GOOGLE-USER-DATA; GOOGLE-DATA-SAFETY; GOOGLE-AI-GEN
Required checks
- [ ] Privacy policy in Play Console and within app where required
- [ ] Data Safety form must disclose collection, sharing, security practices and deletion
- [ ] Prominent disclosure and consent for sensitive user/device data
- [ ] Restricted permissions/APIs require valid use case and declaration
- [ ] Generative AI apps need safeguards and in-app reporting/flagging for problematic generated content
- [ ] Account deletion/data deletion links where required
- [ ] Actual SDK behavior must match Data Safety and privacy policy
Release evidence
- Store submission screenshots.
- Privacy policy and in-app privacy screen.
- Data inventory mapped to platform labels.
- SDK list and vendor contracts.
- Test account and review notes.
- Legal/security approval.