// Google Play Data safety form as Play's CSV import format (the same layout Play Console exports from the Data safety // page: "Export to CSV"). One row per question / choice. Importing replaces every earlier answer. Pure. // Play names a missing answer "Response missing for ", a wrong choice "Invalid response ID " and a row whose // question has choices but no Response ID "Line N: Response ID missing". // Some questions are required only after another answer (DATA_SAFETY_RULES below); dataSafetyIssues finds a missing // one offline, so a 400 like "Response missing for PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL" shows up in --dry and `check`. // Every (Question ID, Response ID) pair and its Answer requirement come from Google's own empty form, // cli/data/play-data-safety-form.csv (exported PLAY_FORM_EXPORTED). Refresh it when Play changes the form: Play Console > // App content > Data safety > Export to CSV with nothing answered, saved over that file unchanged (docs/pitfalls.md 21). import type { AccountsConfig, DataSafety, PlayPurpose } from './config'; import { csvCell, parseCsv } from './csv'; import { PLAY_DATA_SAFETY_FORM as FORM_TEXT } from './embedded'; export { csvCell }; /** Date of the Play Console export in cli/data/play-data-safety-form.csv. */ export const PLAY_FORM_EXPORTED = '2026-10-12'; export const PLAY_FORM_FILE = 'cli/data/play-data-safety-form.csv'; export interface PlayFormRow { question: string; response: string; requirement: string; label: string } let formCache: Map | null = null; const pairKey = (q: string, r: string) => `${q}\u0000${r}`; /** Google's empty Data safety form: every valid (Question ID, Response ID) pair with its Answer requirement and label. */ export function playForm(): Map { if (formCache) return formCache; const m = new Map(); for (const r of parseCsv(FORM_TEXT).slice(1)) { const [question = '', response = '', , requirement = '', label = ''] = r; m.set(pairKey(question, response), { question, response, requirement, label: label.trim() }); } return (formCache = m); } export const formRow = (q: string, r = ''): PlayFormRow | undefined => playForm().get(pairKey(q, r)); export const PURPOSE_IDS: Record = { functionality: 'PSL_APP_FUNCTIONALITY', analytics: 'PSL_ANALYTICS', communications: 'PSL_DEVELOPER_COMMUNICATIONS', fraud: 'PSL_FRAUD_PREVENTION_SECURITY', advertising: 'PSL_ADVERTISING', personalization: 'PSL_PERSONALIZATION', account: 'PSL_ACCOUNT_MANAGEMENT', }; const PURPOSES = Object.values(PURPOSE_IDS); /** Every category and data type of the form, in form order. */ export const CATEGORIES: [string, string[]][] = [ ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_PERSONAL', ['PSL_NAME', 'PSL_EMAIL', 'PSL_USER_ACCOUNT', 'PSL_ADDRESS', 'PSL_PHONE', 'PSL_RACE_ETHNICITY', 'PSL_POLITICAL_RELIGIOUS', 'PSL_SEXUAL_ORIENTATION_GENDER_IDENTITY', 'PSL_OTHER_PERSONAL']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_FINANCIAL', ['PSL_PURCHASE_HISTORY', 'PSL_CREDIT_SCORE', 'PSL_CREDIT_DEBIT_BANK_ACCOUNT_NUMBER', 'PSL_OTHER']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_LOCATION', ['PSL_APPROX_LOCATION', 'PSL_PRECISE_LOCATION']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_SEARCH_AND_BROWSING', ['PSL_WEB_BROWSING_HISTORY']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_EMAIL_AND_TEXT', ['PSL_EMAILS', 'PSL_SMS_CALL_LOG', 'PSL_OTHER_MESSAGES']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_PHOTOS_AND_VIDEOS', ['PSL_PHOTOS', 'PSL_VIDEOS']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_AUDIO', ['PSL_AUDIO', 'PSL_MUSIC', 'PSL_OTHER_AUDIO']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_HEALTH_AND_FITNESS', ['PSL_HEALTH', 'PSL_FITNESS']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_CONTACTS', ['PSL_CONTACTS']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_CALENDAR', ['PSL_CALENDAR']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_APP_PERFORMANCE', ['PSL_CRASH_LOGS', 'PSL_PERFORMANCE_DIAGNOSTICS', 'PSL_OTHER_PERFORMANCE']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_FILES_AND_DOCS', ['PSL_FILES_AND_DOCS']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_APP_ACTIVITY', ['PSL_USER_INTERACTION', 'PSL_IN_APP_SEARCH_HISTORY', 'PSL_APPS_ON_DEVICE', 'PSL_USER_GENERATED_CONTENT', 'PSL_OTHER_APP_ACTIVITY']], ['PSL_DATA_TYPES_IDENTIFIERS', ['PSL_DEVICE_ID']], ]; export const ALL_TYPES = new Set(CATEGORIES.flatMap(([, t]) => t)); const HEADER = ['Question ID (machine readable)', 'Response ID (machine readable)', 'Response value', 'Answer requirement', 'Human-friendly question label']; /** The accounts part of the config the form needs (the delete-account URL). */ export type DataSafetyAccounts = Pick | undefined; /** PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER responses ("Do you provide a way for users to request that their data is deleted?"). */ export const DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE = { yes: 'DATA_DELETION_YES', no: 'DATA_DELETION_NO', auto90: 'DATA_DELETION_NO_AUTO_DELETED' } as const; /** @deprecated name kept for imports */ export const PARTIAL_DELETION_RESPONSE = DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE; /** The answer to the general data deletion question. It is the general question, not "without deleting the account": * a delete-account page (accounts.deletionUrl) is a way to request deletion, so it means yes. Order: dataSafety.dataDeletion, * then a delete-account URL -> yes, then deletionRequest (the same question under the form's old id), then the older partialDeletion values (true -> yes, 'auto90'). Pure. */ export function dataDeletionResponse(ds: DataSafety, accounts?: DataSafetyAccounts): string | undefined { if (ds.dataDeletion) return DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE[ds.dataDeletion]; if (accounts?.deletionUrl) return DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.yes; if (ds.deletionRequest !== undefined) return ds.deletionRequest ? DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.yes : DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.no; if (ds.partialDeletion === true) return DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.yes; if (ds.partialDeletion === 'auto90') return DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.auto90; return undefined; } export function dataSafetyRows(ds: DataSafety, accounts?: DataSafetyAccounts): string[][] { for (const t of Object.keys(ds.data)) if (!ALL_TYPES.has(t)) throw new Error(`dataSafety: unknown data type ${t}`); const b = (v: boolean) => (v ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE'); const pick = (v: boolean) => (v ? 'TRUE' : ''); const rows: string[][] = [HEADER]; // Answer requirement and label come from Play's exported form; a pair it does not have keeps `fallback` and // formPairIssues reports it (Play would answer 400). const row = (q: string, r: string, v: string, fallback: string, label: string): string[] => { const f = formRow(q, r); return [q, r, v, f?.requirement ?? fallback, f?.label || label]; }; const add = (q: string, r: string, v: string, fallback: string, label: string) => { rows.push(row(q, r, v, fallback, label)); }; add('PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_COLLECTS_PERSONAL_DATA', '', b(ds.collectsData), 'REQUIRED', 'Does your app collect or share any of the required user data types?'); add('PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_ENCRYPTED_IN_TRANSIT', '', b(ds.encryptedInTransit), 'MAYBE_REQUIRED', 'Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit?'); // dataSafety.deletionRequest: the form's old id PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_USER_REQUEST_DELETE is gone; the same question is // PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER below (dataDeletionResponse). const acm = ds.accountCreation ?? ['PSL_ACM_NONE']; for (const id of acm) add('PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS', id, 'TRUE', 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', `Account creation / ${id}`); // Data deletion questions Play asks once the app lets people create an account (Play Console Help 13327111). // An empty value is a missing answer: dataSafetyIssues names it with the config field to set. if (!acm.includes('PSL_ACM_NONE')) { add('PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL', '', accounts?.deletionUrl ?? '', 'MAYBE_REQUIRED', 'Delete account URL'); // a SINGLE_CHOICE question: one row per option, TRUE on the picked one (a value without a Response ID is a 400) const picked = dataDeletionResponse(ds, accounts); for (const r of Object.values(DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE)) add('PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER', r, pick(picked === r), 'SINGLE_CHOICE', `Data deletion / ${r}`); // "Delete data URL": the data-only page when there is one (partialDeletionUrl), else the delete-account page, which // also deletes the data (Play answered 400 "Response missing for PSL_DATA_DELETION_URL" to a yes without it) if (picked === DATA_DELETION_RESPONSE.yes) add('PSL_DATA_DELETION_URL', '', ds.partialDeletionUrl ?? accounts?.deletionUrl ?? '', 'MAYBE_REQUIRED', 'Delete data URL'); } for (const [cat, types] of CATEGORIES) for (const t of types) add(cat, t, pick(!!ds.data[t]), 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', `${cat} / ${t}`); for (const [, types] of CATEGORIES) for (const t of types) { const u = ds.data[t]; const q = (s: string) => `PSL_DATA_USAGE_RESPONSES:${t}:${s}`; const label = `Data usage and handling (${t})`; const collect = new Set((u?.collect ?? []).map(p => PURPOSE_IDS[p])); const share = new Set((u?.shared ? u.share ?? [] : []).map(p => PURPOSE_IDS[p])); add(q('PSL_DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_AND_SHARING'), 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_ONLY_COLLECTED', pick(!!u), 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Collected'); add(q('PSL_DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_AND_SHARING'), 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_ONLY_SHARED', pick(!!u?.shared), 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Shared'); add(q('PSL_DATA_USAGE_EPHEMERAL'), '', u ? b(!!u.ephemeral) : '', 'MAYBE_REQUIRED', label + ' / Processed ephemerally'); add(q('DATA_USAGE_USER_CONTROL'), 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_USER_CONTROL_OPTIONAL', pick(!!u?.optional), 'SINGLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Optional'); add(q('DATA_USAGE_USER_CONTROL'), 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_USER_CONTROL_REQUIRED', pick(!!u && !u.optional), 'SINGLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Required'); for (const p of PURPOSES) add(q('DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_PURPOSE'), p, pick(collect.has(p)), 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Collection purpose'); for (const p of PURPOSES) add(q('DATA_USAGE_SHARING_PURPOSE'), p, pick(share.has(p)), 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE', label + ' / Sharing purpose'); } // an extra row for a question storebound generates replaces that question (all its response rows) const replaced = new Set((ds.extra ?? []).map(x => x.question)); const out = rows.filter((r, i) => i === 0 || !replaced.has(r[0]!)); for (const x of ds.extra ?? []) { const r = row(x.question, x.response ?? '', x.value, x.response ? 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE' : 'MAYBE_REQUIRED', x.question); if (x.label) r[4] = x.label; out.push(r); } return out; } /** * (Question ID, Response ID) pairs of a CSV that are not in Play's current form (cli/data/play-data-safety-form.csv). * Play refuses the whole import for one of them ("Response ID missing", "Invalid response ID"). Pure. */ export function formPairIssues(rows: string[][]): DataSafetyIssue[] { const out: DataSafetyIssue[] = []; for (const r of rows) { const q = r[0] ?? '', resp = r[1] ?? ''; if (!q || q === HEADER[0] || formRow(q, resp)) continue; out.push({ question: q, msg: `${q},${resp} is not in Play's current Data safety form (${PLAY_FORM_FILE}, exported ${PLAY_FORM_EXPORTED}); Play answers 400` }); } return out; } export const dataSafetyCsv = (ds: DataSafety, accounts?: DataSafetyAccounts): string => dataSafetyRows(ds, accounts).map(r => r.map(csvCell).join(',')).join('\n') + '\n'; // ---- required-row rules ---- /** Answers of a CSV, read back from its rows (the header row is skipped). */ export class DataSafetyAnswers { private readonly values = new Map(); private readonly picks = new Map(); readonly questions = new Set(); constructor(rows: string[][]) { for (const r of rows) { const q = r[0] ?? '', resp = r[1] ?? '', v = (r[2] ?? '').trim(); if (!q || q === HEADER[0]) continue; this.questions.add(q); if (!resp) this.values.set(q, v); else if (v.toUpperCase() === 'TRUE') this.picks.set(q, [...(this.picks.get(q) ?? []), resp]); } } /** The value of a free-text / TRUE-FALSE question ('' when missing or empty). */ value(q: string): string { return this.values.get(q) ?? ''; } /** Response ids of a choice question marked TRUE. */ chosen(q: string): string[] { return this.picks.get(q) ?? []; } answered(q: string): boolean { return this.questions.has(q); } /** Account creation answered with a method other than "none". */ get accounts(): boolean { const c = this.chosen('PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS'); return c.length > 0 && !c.includes('PSL_ACM_NONE'); } get collects(): boolean { return this.value('PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_COLLECTS_PERSONAL_DATA').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE'; } } export interface DataSafetyRule { question: string; /** When Play requires the answer (for need 'absent': when Play refuses the question). */ when: (a: DataSafetyAnswers) => boolean; /** The condition in words, for messages and docs. */ condition: string; need: 'bool' | 'url' | 'choice' | 'one-choice' | 'absent' | 'yes'; /** What to set in storebound.config.ts. */ fix: string; } /** * Form-level rules: question ids Play requires (or refuses) depending on other answers. Sources: Play Console Help * 10787469 (Data safety form, CSV import / export) and 13327111 (account deletion: apps with account creation give a * delete-account web link; data-only deletion is a separate question), plus Play's own 400 answers to imports * ("Response missing for PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL", "Response missing for PSL_DATA_DELETION_URL", * "You cannot answer PSL_HAS_OUTSIDE_APP_ACCOUNTS"). */ export const DATA_SAFETY_RULES: DataSafetyRule[] = [ { question: 'PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_COLLECTS_PERSONAL_DATA', when: () => true, condition: 'always', need: 'bool', fix: 'dataSafety.collectsData' }, { question: 'PSL_DATA_COLLECTION_ENCRYPTED_IN_TRANSIT', when: a => a.collects, condition: 'the app collects data', need: 'bool', fix: 'dataSafety.encryptedInTransit' }, { question: 'PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS', when: () => true, condition: 'always', need: 'choice', fix: "dataSafety.accountCreation (['PSL_ACM_NONE'] when there are no accounts)" }, { question: 'PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL', when: a => a.accounts, condition: 'account creation is not PSL_ACM_NONE', need: 'url', fix: 'accounts.deletionUrl, a public https page to request account + data deletion (account-deletion skill)' }, { question: 'PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER', when: a => a.accounts, condition: 'account creation is not PSL_ACM_NONE', need: 'one-choice', fix: "accounts.deletionUrl (a delete-account page answers yes), or dataSafety.dataDeletion: 'yes' | 'no' | 'auto90'" }, { question: 'PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER', when: a => !!a.value('PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL') && a.chosen('PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER').length > 0 && !a.chosen('PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER').includes('DATA_DELETION_YES'), condition: 'PSL_ACCOUNT_DELETION_URL is set: a delete-account page is a way to request deletion, so the answer must be DATA_DELETION_YES', need: 'yes', fix: "dataSafety.dataDeletion: 'yes', or leave it out" }, { question: 'PSL_DATA_DELETION_URL', when: a => a.chosen('PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER').includes('DATA_DELETION_YES'), condition: 'PSL_SUPPORT_DATA_DELETION_BY_USER is DATA_DELETION_YES', need: 'url', fix: 'dataSafety.partialDeletionUrl (default accounts.deletionUrl)' }, { question: 'PSL_HAS_OUTSIDE_APP_ACCOUNTS', when: a => a.accounts, condition: 'account creation is not PSL_ACM_NONE; Play accepts it only with PSL_ACM_NONE', need: 'absent', fix: 'remove it from dataSafety.extra' }, ]; const usage = (t: string, s: string) => `PSL_DATA_USAGE_RESPONSES:${t}:${s}`; /** Rules for one data type, derived from the form's structure (each type of CATEGORIES has the same usage block). */ export function typeRules(t: string): DataSafetyRule[] { const how = (a: DataSafetyAnswers) => a.chosen(usage(t, 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_AND_SHARING')); const collected = (a: DataSafetyAnswers) => how(a).includes('PSL_DATA_USAGE_ONLY_COLLECTED'); const shared = (a: DataSafetyAnswers) => how(a).includes('PSL_DATA_USAGE_ONLY_SHARED'); const selected = (a: DataSafetyAnswers) => CATEGORIES.some(([c]) => a.chosen(c).includes(t)); const fix = `dataSafety.data.${t}`; return [ { question: usage(t, 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_AND_SHARING'), when: selected, condition: `${t} is selected`, need: 'choice', fix: `${fix} (collected and / or shared)` }, { question: usage(t, 'PSL_DATA_USAGE_EPHEMERAL'), when: collected, condition: `${t} is collected`, need: 'bool', fix: `${fix}.ephemeral` }, { question: usage(t, 'DATA_USAGE_USER_CONTROL'), when: collected, condition: `${t} is collected`, need: 'one-choice', fix: `${fix}.optional` }, { question: usage(t, 'DATA_USAGE_COLLECTION_PURPOSE'), when: collected, condition: `${t} is collected`, need: 'choice', fix: `${fix}.collect` }, { question: usage(t, 'DATA_USAGE_SHARING_PURPOSE'), when: shared, condition: `${t} is shared`, need: 'choice', fix: `${fix}.share` }, ]; } export interface DataSafetyIssue { question: string; msg: string } /** * Check of a Data safety CSV (rows as dataSafetyRows returns them, or a parsed Play export): every pair is in Play's * current form (formPairIssues) and every conditionally required row is there. Pure. */ export function dataSafetyIssues(rows: string[][]): DataSafetyIssue[] { const a = new DataSafetyAnswers(rows); const out: DataSafetyIssue[] = formPairIssues(rows); for (const r of [...DATA_SAFETY_RULES, ...[...ALL_TYPES].flatMap(typeRules)]) { if (!r.when(a)) continue; const v = a.value(r.question), c = a.chosen(r.question); const say = (what: string) => out.push({ question: r.question, msg: `${what}: ${r.question} (${r.condition}; set ${r.fix})` }); if (r.need === 'yes') { say(`must be DATA_DELETION_YES (is ${c.join(', ')})`); continue; } if (r.need === 'absent') { if (a.answered(r.question)) say('not allowed'); } else if (r.need === 'bool') { if (!/^(TRUE|FALSE)$/i.test(v)) say(v ? `not TRUE / FALSE ("${v}")` : 'missing'); } else if (r.need === 'url') { if (!/^https:\/\/\S+$/.test(v)) say(v ? `not an https URL ("${v}")` : 'missing'); } else if (r.need === 'choice') { if (!c.length) say('missing'); } else if (c.length !== 1) say(c.length ? `${c.length} answers to a single choice` : 'missing'); } const acm = a.chosen('PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS'); if (acm.includes('PSL_ACM_NONE') && acm.length > 1) out.push({ question: 'PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS', msg: 'PSL_ACM_NONE together with sign-up methods: PSL_SUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_CREATION_METHODS (set dataSafety.accountCreation to PSL_ACM_NONE or to the methods)' }); if (a.collects && !CATEGORIES.some(([cat]) => a.chosen(cat).length)) out.push({ question: 'PSL_DATA_TYPES_*', msg: 'missing: a data type (collectsData is true; list the types in dataSafety.data or set collectsData: false)' }); return out; } /** The issues as one error message, or null. */ export function dataSafetyProblem(rows: string[][]): string | null { const i = dataSafetyIssues(rows); return i.length ? `Data safety CSV is not complete (Play would answer 400):\n${i.map(x => ` - ${x.msg}`).join('\n')}` : null; }