Real-World Cases

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your game marketed to children uses Unity Ads which may collect data from users under 13.

Fix: Replaced Unity Ads with Apple Search Ads for Kids which is COPPA-compliant. Alternatively, switched to premium (paid) model with no ads at all. For kids apps, avoid any ad SDK that collects personal d...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your app includes a WebView that could allow children to navigate to external websites with tracking.

Fix: Replaced the open WebView with a curated list of pre-approved URLs. Added URL whitelist that prevents navigation to any non-approved domain. All content loaded from our own servers with no third-party...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your education app marketed to children under 13 includes a social sharing feature that exposes childrens activity.

Fix: Made progress sharing only visible to parent-approved contacts. Added parental consent requirement for any social features. Progress updates sent privately to parent email only. No public-facing child...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Apps directed at children must not include third-party analytics or advertising frameworks that collect identifiable information.

Fix: Removed all third-party SDKs that collect personal data. Implemented only first-party analytics stored locally on device. Used SKAdNetwork for privacy-safe attribution. Added parental gate before any...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your education app for children uses local push notifications that link to in-app purchases without a parental gate.

Fix: Added parental gate (solve a multiplication problem) before any screen showing purchases. Push notifications now link to the learning content, not the store. Purchase access only through Settings behi...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your app collects personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent as required by COPPA.

Fix: Implemented COPPA-compliant data practices: removed email collection for children, added verifiable parental consent flow, replaced analytics with COPPA-safe alternatives, and ensured no personal data...

Guideline 5.1.4 - Legal - Privacy - Kids. Your app shares data with third-party advertising networks that is not appropriate for apps directed at children.

Fix: Removed AdMob entirely. Switched to Apple Search Ads which is privacy-safe. For monetization, moved to a one-time purchase model instead of ad-supported. No third-party SDKs that collect data from chi...