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#Google finally released more info about their new #GooglePlayPolicies:

Personal accounts must give Google legal name, legal address, email and phone number.

Google will publish legal name, country and email for developers.

Organization accounts must give the above info and a D-U-N-S number.

Google will publish legal name, address, email and phone number for organization accounts.

Google is effectively going to dox every single trans dev on #GooglePlay.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/13628312
New developer verification requirements from August 31, 2023 To boost trust and transparency on Google Play, we're expanding developer verifications as part of our Play Console requirements policy. To create a new Play Console developer account for an organization after August 31, 2023, you'll now need to include: - A D-U-N-S number for your organization: Provided by Dun & Bradstreet, a D-U-N-S number is a unique nine-digit number that is used globally to identify businesses. Google will use your D-U-N-S number to verify your organization. - A contact phone number and email address for Google Play users: These will be shown on Google Play so that users can contact you. You'll need to verify them by receiving a code. To help you prepare for these changes, we recommend reviewing your Dun & Bradstreet account to make sure that it's up to date with the latest information about your organization. Developers with existing Play Console accounts will also be required to provide this information soon. We'll give existing developers plenty of notice to verify their accounts, and we'll send an update about these requirements later this year. Creating a developer account for an organization When creating an organization account, you must provide the following information: - Developer name; can be different from your legal name - As per your linked Google Payments profile: D-U-N-S number, Organization name, Organization addres - Organization phone number - Organization website - Contact nam - Contact email address - Contact phone number - Developer email addres - Developer phone number Your developer name will appear on Google Play and can be changed any time. Your organization name and address is taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play. To help improve transparency and user safety on Google Play, Google will display your legal name, legal address, developer email address, and developer phone number on Google Play. Your contact email address, contact phone number, developer email address and developer phone number must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
Creating a developer account for personal use When creating a personal account, you must provide the following information: - Developer name; can be different from your legal name - Legal name - Legal address - Contact email address - Contact phone number - Developer email address - Developer website Your developer name will appear on Google Play and can be changed any time. Your legal name and address will be taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play. Google will display your legal name, your country (as per your legal address), and developer email address on Google Play. If you decide to monetize on Google Play then Google will display your full address. Your contact email address, contact phone number, and developer email address must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
#google #googleplay #googleplaypolicies

We've been told Google Play transparently shows what data is collected etc, right? And whether an app has Ads? Well, dream on. I've just checked an app to see if it would fit my repo. Below is what Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.isaakhanimann.journal) says about it (no "Ads" marker), then the results from my library scanner.

Careful what you believe and whom you trust.

#Android #apps #Google #GooglePlay
"Data Safety" section of the app on Google Play, saying "No data shared with third parties. No data collected"
For the very same app: Results by my library scanner, showing the app contains libraries of 2 Analytics frameworks (Crashlytics, Firebase Analytics) plus Google Ads. This must mean that Google is no "third party" and doesn't collect any data. And the pope is muslim I guess, or so.

PsychonautWiki Journal - Apps on Google Play

Substance Journaling
play.google.com
#google #Android #apps #googleplay

RT @timbray@twitter.com

This is pretty disturbing. Element is a pleasant and apparently rather secure conversation tool. I really. think #GooglePlay has the wrong end of the stick here. There's an informative blog piece linked a few tweets down the thread. https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/timbray/status/1355650773514768384
#googleplay

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