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Update Google Data Safety Questionnaire

Seanalee Greenough avatar
Written by Seanalee Greenough
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From time to time, Google will require you to update information on your Play Store account to be in compliance with the latest Play Store guidelines. Recently, Google has been working towards making positive changes in online data safety. With these changes, Google is now showing user's exactly how their data is being used in the apps they install on their devices.

If your account needs to make updates to support this new feature, the admin accounts that are linked to your Google Play Store instance will receive an email with instructions on how to complete this. The title of the email will look similar to "Submit your Data safety form before February".

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To assist in this effort, Mariana Tek is providing the following instructions for how to update your app's "App content" settings. Prior to going through the instructions, log into http://play.google.com/console/ and click on your Mariana Tek app. In the left hand side panel, find the Policy section and click "App content".

Proceed with the instructions below:

  1. In the Dashboard, find the Data Safety section and click into it.

    1. In the Overview section click Next

    2. In the Data collection and security section, provide the follow answer for the four questions: Yes, Yes, Yes, No. Then click Next

    3. In the Data types section fill out the following information per section. If a section is not listed, no items need to be added. After all sections below are complete, click Next

      1. Location: Precise Location

      2. Personal info: Name, Email address, Personal identifiers, Address, Phone number, Other personal info

      3. Financial Info: Purchase history, Credit card, debit card, or bank account number

      4. App activity: Page views and taps in app, Installed apps

      5. App info and performance: Crash logs, Diagnostics, Other app performance data

      6. Device or other identifiers: Device or other identifiers

    4. In the Data usage and handling section we will identify if the previous information is collected, shared, or both. Additional info about how the data is used will also be asked. After each section has been completed, click Next.

      1. Location:

        1. Precise Location

          1. Collected

          2. Yes

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. App functionality

      2. Personal info:

        1. Name

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality, Account management

        2. Email address

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality, Account management

        3. Personal identifiers

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality, Account management

        4. Address

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. App functionality, Account management

        5. Phone number

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. App functionality, Account management

        6. Other personal info

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. App functionality, Account management

      3. Financial Info:

        1. Purchase history

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality

        2. Credit card, debit card, or bank account number

          1. Collected

          2. No

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality

      4. App activity:

        1. Page views and taps in app

          1. Collected and Shared

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. Analytics

          5. Analytics

        2. Installed apps

          1. Collected

          2. Yes

          3. Data collection is required (users can't turn off this data collection)

          4. App functionality

      5. App info and performance:

        1. Crash logs

          1. Collected and Shared

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. Analytics

          5. Analytics

        2. Diagnostics

          1. Collected and Shared

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. Analytics

          5. Analytics

        3. Other app performance data

          1. Collected and Shared

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. Analytics

          5. Analytics

      6. Device or other identifiers:

        1. Device or other identifiers

          1. Collected and Shared

          2. No

          3. Users can choose whether this data is collected

          4. Analytics

          5. Analytics

    5. All set! You can now preview your settings and click Done

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