Showing APK are required to have a privacy policy set Playstore

Question

This is my first time to upload apk on play store. Firstly, I am getting error of Privacy policy that I have use camera in my app. Later on I searched on google I got some some suggestion later on again I creating signed apk and when I going to upload apk its showing this error.

Store listing 1 task to complete before you rollout Your app has an apk with version code 1 that requests the following permission(s): android.permission.CAMERA. Apps using these permissions in an APK are required to have a privacy policy set.

Is it possible to upload apk without upload url of Privacy policy. I used camera in my app?

Answer 1

Since you are using user's camera, google will allow you to upload apps only if you are sure you are not abusing the access to the camera.

In Play console, go to Store Presence > Store Listing > Find Privacy policy at the end of the page.

Then place the url of the page of your privacy policy and you are good to go.

Answer 2

Is it possible to upload apk without upload url of Privacy policy.

NO, You must Add URL on Privacy Section. It's Google's Policy. You can host your privacy policy with any publicly accessible URL .

Read official guideline about Privacy Policy Guidance

Since February 2017 Google enforces a strict privacy policy requirement on apps requesting sensitive permissions and user data. There are quite a few places in the Google Play Store documentation that points out that requirement.

What information do you share?

In your policy, you should disclose the circumstances when you share information. For example, you may share information with third parties as part of the service (like a restaurant reservation Action), with other users (like a social network or forum), with marketing partners, or with service providers that assist with your service (like hosting companies or technology platforms).

Answer 3

否，没有隐私政策的上传网址，就无法上传APK

service很小，可以在简单情况下用于快速生成隐私策略。