Thanks Dallas for supporting me! The first link applies to apk you download & install from internet that would be incorrectly detected as harmfull, so not my case
The second link is much more interesting, but (hopefully) I am not yet in the case where my app is removed. So far I have just been warned. It is now more than 8 days since I got the warning and no new (good nor bad) notification received so far. I hope my changes to the app description in Google Play are considered as enough. Else I will have to use this form... Thierry 2014-09-18 21:54 GMT+02:00 Dallas Singletary <[email protected]>: > Here is some more info I found for you, please let me know if it is > helpful here is the first link > https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2992033?hl=en&ref_topic=3453554 > > And the second. > https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/troubleshooter/2993242?hl=en&ref_topic=3453554#ts=2993245,2993352 > The second has a contact form > On Sep 15, 2014 4:57 AM, "Thierry Legras" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Here we go, after 3 years with almost no change in my application >> description on Google Play I received the violation notification for my >> application >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tlegras.freeboxrec >> (sorry only available in google play France) >> >> This is a notification that your application, Freebox Recorder, with >>> package ID com.tlegras.freeboxrec, is currently in violation of our >>> developer terms. >>> *REASON FOR WARNING*: Violation of the spam >>> <https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html#spam> >>> provisions >>> of the Content Policy. Please refer to the spam policy help article >>> <https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2985717> for >>> more information. >>> >>> - Do not engage in "keyword stuffing" by loading app descriptions >>> with keywords out of context >>> >>> >>> - Do not use irrelevant, misleading, or excessive keywords in apps >>> descriptions, titles, or metadata. >>> >>> >> It seems that Google anti-spam robots has gone crazy (why only now after >> all these years??) with the keywords "Freebox" and "Free" which are related >> to the name of the French Telecom operator "Free" and its set-top box >> "Freebox" that my application allows to control remotely. So these keywords >> are definitively NOT out of context, my application does not pretend >> anywhere to give anything for free or whatever of the kind. >> >> While waiting for the end of the countdown, I removed a few occurrences >> of "Freebox" in Google play description. Changing the package ID is really >> not an option for me as other applications are using mine, and anyway, come >> on, my application is controlling a device called "Freebox" so what would >> be the issue with "freebox" in the id??? >> >> So, can anybody tell me if there is a way to contact a HUMAN at Google >> play team before my application may be deleted from Google Play, or at >> least how to get more precise feedback than this generic automatically >> generated mail. >> >> I am pretty upset by such mail after having supported a free ad-less >> revenue-less application stared 4.5/5 for so many year and seeing it could >> be deleted by a stupid brainless anti-spam algorithm :( >> >> Thanks for any help >> -- >> Thierry. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Thierry. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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