In my previous article, I noted that most teams do not monitor their Google Play developer dashboard daily. Many teams do not log into their accounts for six months or even a year without performing the necessary maintenance on their developer accounts. It is often only when an app is removed due to policy violations or an account is suspended for missed deadlines that they realize there was an issue.
Google usually provides a grace period for addressing developer policy issues with apps. The duration varies depending on the nature of the issue and the time frame, with common periods being 7 days, 14 days, or one month. For teams managing multiple accounts, it is impractical to monitor these accounts daily. Consequently, most teams do not regularly access their developer dashboard unless there is an urgent issue. As a result, some policy issues remain unresolved and are overlooked. See the image below for reference.
In fact, policy issues that can be addressed with a warning are usually not major problems. Common examples include app content policies and data form policies.
In the security section of the Google Play User Policy, a missing data safety form was identified, and a one-month grace period was provided for rectification. However, the corresponding developers did not give it the necessary attention, as shown in the image below.
For all resolvable app policy issues, Google initially sends warning notifications via email and in-app messages, providing a deadline for completing the necessary actions, as shown in the image below.
If the required actions are not completed within the grace period, the app will be removed. At this point, it is too late to address the issue, as shown in the image below.
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