How to fill Google Play “Data safety” for an app with AdMob

Motivation:

You have a Google Play application that uses AdMob for displaying ads in order to generate revenue.

Google requires you to complete the data safety section.

There are many options and you are not sure which options should be selected.

Suggestion:

Here are the options that you may select.

1. Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types? – Yes.

2. Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit? – Yes.

3. My app does not allow users to create an account. – Selected.

4. Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted? – No.

5. Location > Approximate location. – Selected.

6. App activity > App interactions. – Selected.

7. App info and performance > Crash logs. – Selected.

8. App info and performance > Diagnostics. – Selected.

9. Device or other identifiers > Device or other IDs. – Selected.

For each option from 5 to 9:

i) Is this data collected, shared, or both? Shared

ii) Is this data processed ephemerally? No

iii) Is this data required for your app, or can users choose whether it’s collected? Data collection is required (users can’t turn off this data collection)

iv) Why is this user data shared? Advertising or marketing

Reference: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy/play-data-disclosure