It is very important to follow the below guidelines to ensure your game does not run into issues with app reviewers on the Apple App Store.

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Privacy Policies

Apple announced that starting Spring 2024, it will require its developers to declare the reasons for using certain APIs (aka Required Reason APIs) that could be misused to collect data about users’ devices within privacy manifest files.

This needs to be done when integrating the ZBD Rewards SDK.

Once your Xcode project has successfully built, follow these steps:

1

Choose File > New File

2

Scroll down to the Resource section, and select App Privacy File type

3

Click Next

4

Check your app or third-party SDK’s target in the Targets list

5

Click Next

6

Click Create

Right click the new PrivacyInfo file and select Open As -> Source Code then copy and paste the following.

Add or change any values below based on what your game is doing!

More information on this Apple policy can be found here: Apple Developer Documentation.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<!-- Privacy manifest file for SDK for iOS -->
<key>NSPrivacyTracking</key>
<false/>
<!-- Privacy manifest file for SDK for iOS -->
<key>NSPrivacyTrackingDomains</key>
<array/>
<!-- Privacy manifest file for SDK for iOS -->
<key>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypes</key>
<array>
  <dict>
    <!-- The value provided by Apple for 'Device ID' data type -->
    <key>NSPrivacyCollectedDataType</key>
    <string>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypeDeviceID</string>

    <!-- SDK does not link the 'Device ID' with user's identity --> 
    <key>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypeLinked</key>
    <false/>
    <!-- SDK does not use 'Device ID' for tracking -->
    <key>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypeTracking</key>
    <false/>
    <!-- SDK uses 'Device ID' for App Functionality 
         (prevent fraud and implement security measures) -->
    <key>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePurposes</key>
    <array>
      <string>NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePurposeAppFunctionality</string>
    </array>
  </dict>
</array>
<!-- Privacy manifest file for SDK for iOS -->
<key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes</key>
<array>
  <dict>
    <!-- The value provided by Apple for 'File timestamp APIs' -->
    <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
    <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp</string>
    <!-- SDK uses 'File timestamp APIs' to manage persistent cache data -->
    <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
    <array>
      <string>C617.1</string>
    </array>
  </dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

Your game should now be able to be submitted to the Apple App Store!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to your ZBD Customer Success Manager.