{"id":1222,"date":"2022-02-05T19:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:25:31","slug":"how-to-fill-data-safety-section-on-google-play-for-admob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/how-to-fill-data-safety-section-on-google-play-for-admob\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fill &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section on Google Play for AdMob?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your app does not collect any user information, but uses Admob for advertisement in your Android app, you will still need to fill out the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section in your play store app listing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AdMob has provided some information on how to complete the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section in Play Store by providing information on end-user data collected by the Google Mobile Ads SDK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/admob\/android\/play-data-disclosure\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/admob\/android\/play-data-disclosure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the information seems adequate, filling out form on Play Store still seems somewhat cumbersome task. Here is step-by-step details of what all should we be filling out in the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start with first three questions, we need to select &#8220;Yes&#8221; for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1024x524.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" width=\"586\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-280x143.png 280w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click &#8220;Next&#8221; button to go to &#8220;<strong>Data types<\/strong>&#8221; page and answer further questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1.png 323w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1-280x147.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing to be selected for following headers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Personal info<\/li><li>Financial info<\/li><li>Health and fitness<\/li><li>Messages<\/li><li>Photos and videos<\/li><li>Audio files<\/li><li>Files and docs<\/li><li>Calendar<\/li><li>Contacts<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2.png 360w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-280x240.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing for <strong>Web browsing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-7.png 319w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-7-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-7-280x190.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-4.png 294w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-4-280x146.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click &#8220;Next&#8221; to go to &#8220;<strong>Data usage and handling<\/strong>&#8221; page to answers questions there. There will be questions around &#8220;<strong>Data types<\/strong>&#8221; we selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed options we need to select for <strong>Location<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Approximate location<\/strong> are as following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8-210x280.png 210w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>App info and performance<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Crash logs<\/strong>, fill out the exact same information as for Location -&gt; Approximate location<br>For <strong>App info and performance<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Diagnostics<\/strong>, fill out the exact same information as for Location -&gt; Approximate location<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>App activity<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Page views and taps in app<\/strong>, fill out the exact same info as above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>Device or other identifiers<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Device or other identifiers<\/strong>, fill out exact same info as above except one change as following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"869\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6.png 869w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6-768x122.png 768w, https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6-280x44.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now save and go to &#8220;Next&#8221;, which displays a preview of everything we filled out. Review everything and click on final &#8220;Save&#8221;. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/guide\/topics\/data\/collect-share\">https:\/\/developer.android.com\/guide\/topics\/data\/collect-share<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your app does not collect any user information, but uses Admob for advertisement in your Android app, you will still need to fill out the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section in your play store app listing. AdMob has provided some information on how to complete the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section in Play Store by providing information on end-user data collected by the Google Mobile Ads SDK. https:\/\/developers.google.com\/admob\/android\/play-data-disclosure Though the information seems adequate, filling out form on Play Store still seems somewhat cumbersome task. Here is step-by-step details of what all should we be filling out in the &#8220;Data Safety&#8221; section. Start with first three questions, we need to select &#8220;Yes&#8221; for all. Click &#8220;Next&#8221; button to go to &#8220;Data types&#8221; page and answer further questions Nothing to be selected for following headers Personal info Financial info Health and fitness Messages Photos and videos Audio files Files and docs Calendar Contacts Nothing for[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,14,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admob","category-how-to","category-mobile"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netexl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}