Google Play · CSAE policy
The Child Safety Standards page Google Play requires
Apps that are social, dating, or built around anonymous chat need a public page describing how they protect minors — separate from your privacy policy, and enforced since August 26, 2026.
Who actually needs this
Google's policy targets apps built around interaction between strangers: social networks, dating apps, and anonymous or semi-anonymous chat. A habit tracker or a note-taking app with a comments feature is not the target, even though it technically hosts user content.
What the page has to name
The app and its developer, by the names that appear on the store listing; a mechanism for reporting child sexual abuse and exploitation content; and a contact specifically for child-safety reports, separate from general support.
Why it is a separate page
Google Play Console Help article 14747720 asks for a standalone, publicly reachable page — not a section buried in a longer privacy policy. A reviewer checking this requirement is looking for exactly that page, at its own address.
The date that matters
Enforcement started August 26, 2026. An app in the covered category that shipped without this page before that date was not yet checked for it; one submitted or updated after is.
What the page must include
- The app's name and its developer's name, matching the store listing.
- A reporting mechanism for child sexual abuse and exploitation content.
- A contact address specifically for child-safety reports.
- A public, standalone address — not a section inside another document.
Questions
- My app has comments but is not social or dating. Do I need this?
- Probably not. Google's policy targets apps built around interaction between strangers — social networks, dating, anonymous chat. A feature is not a category.
- Can this live inside my privacy policy instead of its own page?
- Google's guidance asks for a standalone page. Combining it with another document is the kind of shortcut that gets flagged.
- Is this the same as content moderation?
- No. Moderation is how you handle reports; this page is the public commitment and the reporting channel that lets people make one.
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