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It sounds like you're being intentionally obtuse here. The guidelines say: Note: “Personal Information” and “Personal Data”, as defined under relevant priv
by nodamage 6y ago
It sounds like you're being intentionally obtuse here. The guidelines say:
Note: “Personal Information” and “Personal Data”, as defined under relevant privacy laws, are considered linked to the user.
This implies that email addresses are, by definition, considered linked to the user's identity. The fact that someone could submit a fake email address is irrelevant, just as if you collected mailing addresses and someone put in "123 Fake Street", or if you collected phone numbers and someone put in "123-456-7890".
- WA 6y agoI re-read this section. The "Note" makes sense, but the whole description on Apple's website is weird, especially if you consider that Apple allows you to collect an email address that apparently isn't linked to the user. How is this possible? Apple does have categories of data, such as contact info. If contact info is considered "linked to the user", why offer this granularity in the first place? Read this section, fill in "email address" where it talks about data in general and try to make sense of it: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/#linked-data https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/#l... Anyways, I wasn't intentionally obtuse here, because I mostly think in terms of GDPR compliance, but you're right. I apparently thought of this in a more complicated way than necessary.