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>>kotaKa+(OP)
DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR ID/INFO TO GOOGLE. I put my game on their app store some years ago, and they doxxed me right on the app store. Google posted my name and home address right on the game page. Not great when I was already receiving death threats! Later on, had a rando show up at 3AM one night and had to call the cops out. I moved after that. Google is absolutely not to be trusted to keep this data confidential. If Google demands I do anything with them, I'll just tell my fans to install lineageos or whatever instead -- no way in hell I'm having ANYTHING to do with google ever again. GFY google!

>>Dragon+FR
What do you mean by "Google posted my name and address"? How? Why?

>>fluori+nU
If your app is monetized, the contact details of your "business" are shown in the play store. For many smaller developers, this will just be their home address.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thre...

>>jadams+iV
It’s important to note that even if you app is not monetized and you don’t have any intention to, Google still requires all this information anyway (including uploading an ID picture and proof of address). Nothing really stops Google from publishing this information in the future.

A deleted comment mentioned this is an EU law, which is partially true, but there is also malicious compliance from Google’s side.

>>kassne+WN1
It's also a law in California, I'm pretty sure they say it on the page that requires it and that it would be displayed publicly. It was why I let my app expire.