Our app has a feature that sends notifications to the user's friends. This app has been declined several times and we are still seeking a solution to publish this app with the sending notification feature.
Guideline 5.1.2 - Legal - Privacy - Data Use and Sharing
The app appears to spam, phish, or send otherwise unsolicited messages to users or a user’s contacts. Specifically, the app allows the sending of mass text or notification.
Spamming users or a user’s contacts in this manner is not appropriate. The app should not mine, trace, harvest, or otherwise maliciously exploit users’ data or other user information to promote your service.
Next Steps
To resolve this issue, please remove this feature from the app.
Our app specification:
- A user can send the notifications to at most 10 friends at the same time
- There is an hour limitation to send notifications as an anti-spam measure. There is also a day limitation.
- UserA can search UserB by its userId, add UserB as an friend and sends the notification without UserB permittion.
- User can block a friend as an anti-spam measure.
What else should we do as an anti-spam measure, or are we missing some important facts?
Best Regards,
