Google Play refused to publish my game because of using Advertising ID/Android ID

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Hello,

I received this message from Google Play:

Specifically this part: “Device Or Other IDs Data Type - Device Or Other IDs (some common examples may include Advertising ID, Android ID, IMEI, BSSID)”
I don’t use any of these IDs, and I don’t use any 3rd party packages except Unity Ads.

Does Unity Ads use any of the mentioned IDs? Does this use comply with Google Play rules (i.e. allow users to delete their data, …etc)?

Thank you!

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The same happened to me when I integrated Unity Ads into my game

The following link tells you how to complete the data security questionnaire that You have to complete prior to submitting the app again for release

https://docs.unity.com/ads/GoogleDataSafety.html

You will also have to make sure that your Data Policy document states that Unity services collects and uses data relating to the delivery of the ads even your app itself doesn’t.

Dave

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Thank you very much :slight_smile: It worked.

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hi I have the same problem. same mistake to refuse the game. but I don’t use unity ads. has no ads. It doesn’t have the sdk or anything to do with ads. and still they reject me because unity collects data. help me. thanks

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Same here. No ads, but still got that error. On one app, but not on another that users Unity in the same way. Why? How to fix?

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Same here, no ads, no data collection, no nothing

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I am getting the same issue. I have ZERO ads, IAPs or analytics in my project (using Unity 2019.4.21f1) and I am still getting this from Google:

APK 2: Policy Declaration - Data Safety Section: Device Or Other IDs Data Type - Device Or Other IDs (some common examples may include Advertising ID, Android ID, IMEI, BSSID, MAC address)

Is there no solution?

There doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to change my software, so I’m going to try and update my data safety form and see how that goes…

:frowning: