Google Play Data Safety Guide¶
Since July 20, 2022, Google requires all apps published via the Google Play Store to declare how their app collects and handles user data. This document provides information about the Gini Merchant SDK’s data use to help you fill out or update your app’s Data safety form for the Google Play Store.
Data collection and security¶
For the question “Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types?” please answer Yes. Gini Merchant SDK collects information about purchases and transactions.
For the questions “Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit?“ please answer Yes. Gini Merchant SDK transmits data only via https and in addition you can also use certificate pinning.
The answer to the question “Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted?“ depends on whether you provide your users a way to request data deletion. If you do, then you can contact Gini support or use the Gini Pay API to delete user data.
Data types¶
| Category | Used by Gini Merchant SDK |
|---|---|
| Location | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect approximate or precise location data. |
| Personal info | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect personal user data. |
| Financial info | 🟢 Gini Merchant SDK collects purchase history (purchases and transactions). |
| Health and fitness | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect health or fitness data. |
| Messages | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect data about emails, SMS/MMS messages, or other in-app messages from users. |
| Photos and videos | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect photos or videos. |
| Audio files | 🔴 Audio files |
| Files and docs | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect files or documents. |
| Calendar | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect calendar events from users. |
| Contacts | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect contacts from users. |
| App activity | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect app activity. |
| Web browsing | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect web browsing history from users. |
| App info and performance | 🔴 Gini Merchant SDK doesn’t collect crash logs or diagnostics. |
| Device or other IDs | ℹ️ Gini Merchant SDK may collect anonymous user IDs which are generated random IDs and unique to app installations, provided you didn’t override authentication. |
Data usage and handling¶
The following sections provide information for filling out the “Data usage and handling” forms. For ease of use the terms and phrases which are used in the forms are highlighted in bold letters.
Financial info - Purchase history¶
The Gini Merchant SDK collects data related to purchases for a limited duration. This duration is 28 days unless a different period has been agreed upon during contract negotiations. This means that data is not processed ephemerally. In addition users can’t choose whether this data is collected.
The purpose for collecting purchase history is to provide SDK functionality (app functionality) and for analytics.
This data is only used internally and is not shared with third-parties.
Device or other IDs¶
The Gini Merchant SDK may collect anonymous user IDs which are generated random IDs and unique to app installations, provided you didn’t override authentication (via a custom session manager). This data is not processed ephemerally and users can’t choose whether this data is collected.
The reason for collecting anonymous user IDs is to provide SDK functionality (app functionality) and for analytics to monitor service quality.
This data is only used internally and is not shared with third-parties.