Completing Apple's App Privacy Survey

Before your app can be submitted to Apple's App Store, you will need to complete their App Privacy survey to provide transparency into all the ways that user data is collected from your mobile app.  To understand what data Futuri collects, please follow the guidance below, but make sure to add or update any answers based on data collected by your station or through any third-party integrations in your app.  

NOTE:  If you or any third-party integrations you have enabled, such as Adswizz, collect data tied to a user's identity, please contact Futuri so that we may assist you with enabling the proper app permissions required by Apple.

1.  After logging into App Store Connect, navigate to the app for which you need to complete the survey by clicking on it from the list or using the search tool in the upper right.

2.  Choose App Privacy from the left-side menu and then click the Get Started button to begin the survey. 

3.  The first question will ask if you or your third-party partners collect data from the app.  You must select Yes and then click Next.

4.  On the next page, you will check the boxes for any data category collected and then click Save.  NOTE:  The categories below should be selected on behalf of Futuri and you should additionally choose any that apply to your station or app integrations. 

Select at least these categories:

Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location

Identifiers
Device ID

Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data

Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data

5.  Next, you will see a page with a section for each category you selected and a blue link to set up each one, such as Set Up Precise Location. The following steps will provide direction for how to set up each of the categories required for Futuri data collection.  

6.  Set Up Precise Location: 

a) Check the box for App Functionality and click Next.


b) Select No to indicate that precise location data is not linked to a user's identity and click Next.
c) Additional information may be displayed. Click Next until you reach the final question and answer No to indicate that precise location data is not used for tracking purposes. Then, click Save.

7.  Set Up Coarse Location: 

a) Check the box for App Functionality and click Next.
b) Select No to indicate that coarse location data is not linked to a user's identity and click Next.
c) Answer No to indicate that coarse location data is not used for tracking purposes and click Save

8.  Set Up Device ID:

a) Check the boxes for Third-Party Advertising, Developer's Advertising or Marketing and App Functionality and click Next.

b) Select No to indicate that device IDs are not linked to a user's identity and click Next.  
c) Select No to indicate that device IDs are not used for tracking purposes and click Save.

9.  Set Up Product Interaction:

a) Check the boxes for Analytics and App Functionality and click Next.
b) Select No to indicate that product interaction data is not linked to a user's identity and click Next.
c) Select No to indicate that product interaction data is not used for tracking purposes and click Save.

10.  Set Up Advertising Data:

a) Check the box for Third-Party Advertising if you use Google DFP or another service to display your ads. Check the box for Developer's Advertising or Marketing if you upload ads to your app directly through the Futuri Control Room.  Click Next.
b) Select No to indicate that advertising data is not linked to the user's identity and click Next.
c) Select No to indicate that the data is not used for tracking purposes and click Save.

11.  Set Up Crash Data:

a) Check the box for App Functionality and click Next.
b) Select No to indicate that crash data is not linked to the user's identity and click Save.
c) Additional information may be displayed. Click Next until you reach the final question and answer No to indicate that crash data is not used for tracking purposes. Then, click Save.

12.  Set Up Performance Data:

a) Check the box for App Functionality and click Next.
b) Select No to indicate that performance data is not linked to the user's identity and click Next.
c) Select No to indicate that performance data is not used for tracking purposes and click Save.

13.  If you selected any other data categories, you will need to complete the setup surveys in a similar fashion.

14.  To finish, scroll to the top of the page and click the blue Publish button. You will be asked to confirm your selections and click Publish again.  

NOTE:  If you ever need to update this information, simply return to the App Privacy section and click on one of the Edit options.


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