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> they may have to publish their home address Wouldn’t a PO Box be a better option? They run as little as $10/mo for one at the USPS.
by happyopossum 2y ago
> they may have to publish their home address
Wouldn’t a PO Box be a better option? They run as little as $10/mo for one at the USPS.
- beeboobaa3 2y agoNot allowed.
- lapcat 2y agoIt is allowed. I did exactly that for my apps.
- beeboobaa3 2y agoIt depends on how you're publishing your apps. If you have a registered business which publishes the app then you can use the business address, so a PO box might be viable. You'll need to make sure your business is registered on that address in your national business registry. Otherwise you are required to give your personal address. See e.g. https://dev.to/svprdga/privacy-nightmare-as-google-plans-to-publish-your-home-address-1g3d https://dev.to/svprdga/privacy-nightmare-as-google-plans-to-... but there are plenty of other sources that match my experience.
- lapcat 2y agoI don't have a registered business. Nonetheless, I used a P.O. Box for my EU trader address in the App Store—a P.O. Box that I opened for this specific purpose—as well as a Google Voice phone number. These were both accepted by Apple and published in the EU.
- rdsnsca 2y agoAn added expense, for an app that may not be paid.
- lapcat 2y agoIf your app is not paid, then you're not a "trader" according to the EU.
- throw4950sh06 2y agoYou are according to the EU's rules of digital markets. Any app provider is. If you don't process any personal information, don't have ads or purchases and don't have online backend services... Then you might have a chance of arguing you're not a business. But that's probably so few apps it's worth it to just require everyone to follow the same rules.
- lapcat 2y ago> You are according to the EU's rules of digital markets. Any app provider is. This is simply not true. I've read the regulations, because I had to declare trader status myself.
- throw4950sh06 2y agoRead the rest of the comment.
- lapcat 2y agoI did. You're wrong. And you don't even have to "argue". It's a self-declaration.
- throw4950sh06 2y ago[flagged]
- throw4950sh06 2y agoNope, you can't use that as your legal registered address in EU.