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Privacy policy guidelines

Apr 11, 2012 5:58 PM

We are submitting a Newsstand viewer app with a free magazine subscription. One of the requirements for submission to the App Store is an URL that points to the publisher's privacy policy. I have been searching for a sample policy, or guidelines for creating such a policy, to share with my client, but haven't had any luck. The iTunes Connect Developer Guide specifies only that one is required. Can anyone offer any guidance here?

 

Steve

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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    1. Bob Bringhurst,
    Apr 11, 2012 7:26 PM   in reply to sboerner2
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    FWIW, here's the one I slapped together for a Newsstand app: http://nwscenery.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/subscription-policy/

     
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    May 16, 2012 1:22 PM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    Bob,

     

    The client wrote a generic subscription policy (more or less along the same lines as yours) but no luck. Apple has rejected the app again for not having a proper Privacy Policy URL. The reviewers cited section 3.12 of the approval guidelines:

     

    3.12 Apps should have all included URLs fully functional when you submit it for review, such as support and privacy policy URLs

     

    ... but I think section 17.1 also applies:

     

    17.1 Apps cannot transmit data about a user without obtaining the user's prior permission and providing the user with access to information about how and where the data will be used

     

    Has anyone successfully uploaded a completely free, Newsstand-based subscription app to the Apple Store? If so, can you please provide a link to your privacy policy? I'd like to fix this.

     

     

     

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