CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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AynonT
AynonT

Reputation: 325

What library is collecting advertising id for my app?

I recently got a google play email saying my companies app has been removed due to a lack of a privacy policy while collecting the advertising id. This app was not written by me and i am simply making some changes since i have a little of android dev experience.

here are the android app dependencies,

    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.2.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:10.2.0'
compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'
compile(
        [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: '2.4.1'],
        [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: '2.4.1'],
        [group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.4.1']
)
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.0.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.3.0'
compile 'com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.4'
compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-core:4.48'
compile 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.48'

Which one is collecting the adverstising id, and how can I remove it with out compromising the android app's functionality?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 787

Answers (1)

Nabin Bhandari
Nabin Bhandari

Reputation: 16379

It is most probably Google analytics.

I also recently encountered the same problem in one of my apps and fixed it by updating the privacy policy URL in the Google Play console.

In the privacy policy, you need to specify clearly that you don't collect any user's data.

For now, you can take the Privacy policy of my app as an example. It may be changed in the future though.

Upvotes: 2

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