Page Summary
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Recent updates to Google Publisher Policies require publishers to provide notice and obtain consent from users when precise location data is shared with Google for ads-related purposes.
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Publishers who share precise location data need to inform users about this practice.
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The provided code snippets in Swift and Objective-C offer example implementations for presenting a consent overlay to users regarding location data usage and sharing.
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The example consent overlay message explains that location data may be used and shared with third parties for personalized advertising, analytics, and attribution.
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Publishers should customize the provided code snippet to accurately reflect their specific data sharing practices and inform users of all relevant purposes for sharing precise location data.
Recent updates to the Google Publisher Policies have introduced new notice and consent requirements for publishers who pass precise location data of users to Google, for ads-related purposes.
If this policy applies to you, the following snippet shows one way you could inform your users of this data sharing:
Swift
func presentConsentOverlayFromViewController ( _ rootViewController : UIViewController ) { if ( rootViewController == nil ) { return ; } DispatchQueue . main . async { let alert = UIAlertController ( title : "Location data" , message : """ We may use your location, and share it with third parties, for the purposes of personalized advertising, analytics, and attribution. To learn more, visit our privacy policy at https://myapp.com/privacy. """ , preferredStyle : . alert ) let alertAction = UIAlertAction ( title : "OK" , style : . default , handler : { _ in // TODO: replace the below log statement with code that specifies how // you want to handle the user's acknowledgement. print ( "Got consent." ) } ) alert . addAction ( alertAction ) rootViewController . present ( alert , animated : true , completion : nil ) } } // To use the above function assuming you are in a view controller: presentConsentOverlayFromViewController ( self )
Objective-C
- ( void ) presentConsentOverlayFromViewController: ( UIViewController * ) rootViewController { if ( rootViewController == nil ) { return ; } dispatch_async ( dispatch_get_main_queue (), ^ { UIAlertController * alert = [ UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle : @"Location data" message : @"We may use your location, and share it with third parties," @"for the purposes of personalized advertising, analytics, and attribution." @"To learn more, visit our privacy policy at https://myapp.com/privacy." preferredStyle : UIAlertControllerStyleAlert ]; UIAlertAction * ok = [ UIAlertAction actionWithTitle : @"OK" style : UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler : ^ ( UIAlertAction * action ) { [ alert dismissViewControllerAnimated : YES completion :^ { // TODO: replace the below log statement with code that specifies // how you want to handle the user's acknowledgement. NSLog ( @"Got consent." ); }]; }]; [ alert addAction : ok ]; [ rootViewController presentViewController : alert animated : YES completion : nil ]; }); } // To use the previous function assuming you are in a view controller: [ self presentConsentOverlayFromViewController : self ];
