Google Privacy Policy Requirements - CloudSponge

Google Privacy Policy Requirements · The URL in your project points to a privacy policy on a publicly accessible domain. · The privacy policy is hosted and ... MenuGettingStartedDeveloperResourcesKeysRunningaLocalServerContactPickerBasicInstallationLinkingOptionsMenuLinksDeepLinksJavascriptAPIcloudsponge.initcloudsponge.launchcloudsponge.endOptionsalwaysShowCTAbrowserContactCacheMincontactsDelimitercontactsTemplatecssBrandeddisplayContactsColumnsdisplaySelectAllNonefilterignoreMultipleEmailsignoreMultiplePhonesincludeinitiallySelectedContactsinlineOauthlazyLoadlocaleBrandedlocaleDataBrandednoTrackingoauthCredentialsonlyGroupedContactsperformEmailValidationrootNodeSelectorselectAccountselectionLimitselectionLimitMessageonSelectionLimitReachedskipContactsDisplayBrandedskipSourceMenusortBysourcesthemeBrandeduserTokenzIndexJavascriptCallbacksafterInit()beforeLaunch()afterLaunch()beforeImport(source,importId)beforeGathering(source)afterImport(source,success)beforeDisplayContacts(contacts,source,owner)afterSubmitContacts(contacts,source,owner)onSelectionLimitReached(selectedCount,message)beforeClosing()afterClosing()WebhooksAPIDataStructureCodeSamplesGenericCSVFormatContactsAPICustomStep1:GetPermissionsUserConsentUsername&PasswordStep2:WaitforImportStep3:DownloadAPILibrariesOAuthDoINeedOAuth?ProxyURLOAuthCredentialsGoogleAddustoyourGoogleOAuthGooglePeopleAPIMigrationGoogleDomainVerificationGooglePrivacyPolicyRequirementsGoogleDemoVideoRequirementsYahoo!MicrosoftBetterSharingforWordPressInstallationAddBetterSharingToWebpageGetStartedEmailTemplatesUITemplatesIntegrationsAutomateWooActivateBetterSharingforAutomateWooAdditionalSettingsContactPickerDocumentation/OAuth/OAuthCredentials/Google/GooglePrivacyPolicyRequirementsGooglePrivacyPolicyRequirementsGooglerequiresyoutoaddalinktoyourPrivacyPolicytoyourOAuthConsentScreensettings.Oftenyourcurrentprivacypolicyisadequate,butoccasionallytheyfindanissuewithit.Whentheydo,theymaysendyouanemaillikethiswhichanumberofcrypticallywordedstatements.Thanksforyourpatience.Wereviewedyourprojectandfoundthatyourprivacypolicyhttps://example.com/privacy/doesn’tmeetourrequirementsfortheGoogleAPIService:UserDataPolicy.Ifyouwanttocontinuewiththeverificationprocess,pleasemakesuretheprivacypolicylinkedtoyourprojectfollowstheserequirements:PrivacyPolicyRequirementsTheURLinyourprojectpointstoaprivacypolicyonapubliclyaccessibledomain.Theprivacypolicyishostedandaccessibleinthedomainofyourwebsite.Theprivacypolicyisaccessiblefromtheapp’shomepage.Userscanviewtheprivacypolicy.Theprivacypolicyclearlydescribesthewayyourapplicationaccesses,uses,stores,orsharesGoogleuserdata.TheprivacypolicyislinkedtotheOAuthConsentScreenontheGoogleAPIConsole.YouonlyuseGoogleuserdatainthewaysdescribedinyourpublishedprivacypolicy.Let’sunpackitI’mgoingtowalkyouthroughverifyingtheserequirements.Ifoneofthetestsbelowfails,youknowwhattofix.Doso,andthenreplytotheemailtoletGoogleknowthatyouhaveremediatedtheissue.1.YourprivacypolicymustbepubliclyavailableOpenanincognitobrowserandvisityourprivacypolicy.Ifyouareabletoviewit,youaregolden.Ifyourappredirectstoasigninform,youneedtofixthis.2.YourprivacypolicymustbehostedonadomainthatmatchesyourapplicationForexample,https://www.stitchfix.com/privacyishostedexactlywhereyouwouldexpectanythingrelatedtoStichFixtobelocated.AsubdomainisOKAY.LookatNextDoor’sprivacypolicyonhttps://legal.nextdoor.com/us-privacy-policy-2020/.Don’thostyourprivacypolicyonaFacebookpageoranunbrandedplatformpage.3.YourprivacypolicymusthavealinkonyourhomepageVisityourhomepage.Findalinktoyourprivacypolicy.Ifyoucan’t,addone.Done.4.SignedinusersshouldstillbeabletoviewyourprivacypolicySigninasauseronyourapplicationandvisityourprivacypolicy.Itshoulddisplaythesameasitdoesforanonymousvisitorstoyoursite.5.YourOAuthConsentScreensettingsshouldincludealinktoyourprivacypolicySignintoyourGoogleConsoleandmakesurethatyourprivacypolicyisset.Oradditnow.LookingdeeperThefirstfiverequirementsarestraightforwardtoverifyforyourself.Ifanyofthemfailed,youhaveaclearpathforward.However,ifyourapplicationisnotinviolationofanyoftheserequirements,you’llneedtotakeacloserlookintothecontentofyourprivacypolicyandwhatyouaredoingwiththedatathatuserssharewithyou.ThefirstplacetostartisbyreadingGoogle’sUserDataPolicytogetanideaoftheintentbehindGoogle’sreview.Essentially,itstatesthatyourapplicationshouldbeclearaboutwhatit’sgoingtodoandusersshouldnotbesurprisedbyanythingyourappdoeswithregardstoGoogleContactdata.Withthatinmind,I’llbrieflydescribethelastrequirements.6.YourprivacypolicyshoulddescribethedatathatyourapplicationaccessesandhowitusesthatdataBasically,yourprivacypolicyshouldtalkaboutGoogleContactdataandaddressthefollowing:Whatdataareyourequestingfromyourusers?Howareyouusingandstoringthisdata?Withwhomdoyousharethisdata?7.Don’tabuseGoogledataYourapplicationshouldusetheGoogleContactdataonlyinthewaythatyourprivacypolicydescribes.Ifyouaredoingsomethingwiththedatathatyoudidn’tmentionintheprivacypolicy,then either:addittoyourprivacypolicy,orchangeyourapptoconformtoyourstatedpolicies.Hopefully,youdidn’thavetoreadthisfarbecauseyoufoundandfixedasimpleissuewithyourprivacypolicy.Ifyoumadeitherewithoutaclearresolution,reac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