Keep Your Kids Safe
Google Play to introduce Designed for Familes app program
Google have recently announced that they will make it easier for parents & their families to discover and have access to apps that are suitable to for families and child audiences.
This means that app that qualify for this classification will be restricted in terms of:
- the content they can display
- the type of adverts they can contain for example adverts running on these apps will not be allowed to carry adult or sexually suggestive content or violent games
- the ways in which the user can login to the app. For example "Apps that target child audiences may not use Google+ Sign-In or Google Play game services as the login experience for their app"
- full disclosure if the app will do information sharing or location access
Until now the Apple have been the only one to have a dedicated Kid's section in its app store. This is a welcome move and a step in the right direction for the largest app store in the market.
Follow these links for more information on the Designed for Family app program or the Program requirement and ad policies.
This means that app that qualify for this classification will be restricted in terms of:
- the content they can display
- the type of adverts they can contain for example adverts running on these apps will not be allowed to carry adult or sexually suggestive content or violent games
- the ways in which the user can login to the app. For example "Apps that target child audiences may not use Google+ Sign-In or Google Play game services as the login experience for their app"
- full disclosure if the app will do information sharing or location access
Until now the Apple have been the only one to have a dedicated Kid's section in its app store. This is a welcome move and a step in the right direction for the largest app store in the market.
Follow these links for more information on the Designed for Family app program or the Program requirement and ad policies.