Apps for children

App publishers need to take particular care when handling data collected from children. Any app designed for individuals under the age of 13 MUST comply with governing laws. Read more about Adjust's COPPA compliance.

COPPA compliance

If your app needs to be COPPA compliant, you MUST enable COPPA compliance in the Adjust SDK. Configuring the SDK to be COPPA compliant does the following:

• Disables third-party sharing before the first session is launched.
• Prevents the SDK from reading device and advertising IDs (for example: gps_adid, android_id, idfa).

Follow the instructions for your platform to configure the Adjust SDK to be COPPA compliant:

• Android
• iOS
• Unity
• React Native
• Flutter
• Cordova
• Cocos2d-x

Android apps

If your app targets Android, it MUST comply with Google's guidelines.

Google’s Families Policy suggests that apps targeted to kids shouldn't use the AD_ID permission. Adjust RECOMMENDS that you:

• Target API 33 when possible.
• Remove the com.google.android.gms.AD_ID permission from your app.

The Adjust SDK enables the com.google.android.gms.AD_ID permission by default. To remove the permission, update your AndroidManifest.xml to include the following remove directive.

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<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" tools:node="remove"/>

If your app targets users under the age of 13, and the install region isn't the USA, configure the Adjust SDK to be compliant with the Google Play Families Policies. Configuring the SDK to be compliant with these policies does the following:

• Prevents the SDK from reading device and advertising IDs (for example: gps_adid, android_id).

Follow the instructions for your platform to configure the Adjust SDK to be complaint with these policies.

• Android
• Unity
• React Native
• Flutter
• Cordova
• Cocos2d-x

iOS apps

If your app targets iOS, it MUST comply with Apple's guidelines. To configure the Adjust SDK to be compliant with Apple's guidelines:

1. Set up SKAdNetwork in the Adjust SDK.
   • iOS
   • Unity
   • React Native
   • Flutter
   • Cordova
   • Cocos2d-x
2. Configure the Adjust SDK to block your app from sharing data with third parties.
   • iOS
   • Unity
   • React Native
   • Flutter
   • Cordova
   • Cocos2d-x
3. Remove the following frameworks from your project:
   • AppTrackingTransparency.framework: Used on iOS14+ for the Adjust SDK to wrap the user's tracking consent dialog and read the value of the user's tracking consent.
   • AdSupport.framework: Provides the Adjust SDK access to the IDFA value.