UWP App - Certification Report: Disapproved

Question

I have an application for Windows 10 (UWP App) available in the Windows Store for over 6 months and have never had any problems. I have already released more than 15 updates and I did not have any problems. Last week I released a new update, only with bug fixes and general improvements, the update was approved and was released. At the end of the week I received this message: "App Policies: 10.5.1 Privacy Policy Because your app accesses personal information, you need to supply a working link to a privacy policy in the “privacy URL” field when you submit the app."

My application is a simple application, and I do not need or use user data on either side of the application. Why does this happen? I do not have any website, where can I publish the privacy policy of the application?

Answer 1

My application is a simple application, and I do not need or use user data on either side of the application. Why does this happen?

Personal information includes all information or data that identifies or could be used to identify a person, or that is associated with such information or data. Examples of personal information include: name and address, phone number, biometric identifiers, location, contacts, photos, audio & video recordings, documents, SMS, email, or other text communication, screenshots, and in some cases, combined browsing history.(from Windows Store Policies-5.1 Personal Information)

You can have a check if your app collects one or two of these.

I do not have any website, where can I publish the privacy policy of the application?

I think an individual blog is fine if you have no website.

After completing your privacy items, please remember to add the URL in Dev Center(Submission->Store listing->go to the Privacy policy URL in the end of Store listing page)