I’ve received warnings for all of my apps. They said that they violate GP Policy:
“The application transmits the list of installed apps on a user’s device to a server without conspicuous disclosure to the user that this is happening. This violates the Dangerous Products and Personal and Confidential provisions of the Google Play Content Policy”
My first idea is that it’s all about HeyZap ads which appear in all of my apps. All their ads say something like: “Hey dude, check X because you play V, Y and Z”. I wasn’t aware at all, that it may be violating GP Policy… or is it something else?
hi, I also received the same letter from GP too. They uploaded a complete list of apps your device currently installed to help bring better ad performance, and I’ve asked them to explain about that in their privacy policy.
My suggestion is add the explanation in your own privacy policy if HeyZap updates its own policy on Privacy Policy. Or just remove HeyZap from your application.
I’ll also inform you if HeyZap made any response to this.
We at Heyzap are aware of the warning and are taking the necessary actions to ensure that we are compliant with the Google Play Content Policy. This has never been a problem before. A great user experience has always been our top priority, and will remain so going forward as we work on resolving the issue in a timely matter. There is a 14 day response window and we intend to have a solution (which may include an SDK update) within 4 days. We will post back here once we have a solution.
Google? Defending privacy? Please. This is the same company that tracks every single thing you do online on Google’s services, aggressively building profiles of their users just to target better ads.
hey, everyone, they’d fixed this issue in the very new sdk 5.7.5 (can be found here https://developers.heyzap.com/docs) which had stopped tracking of all the installed apps.