Distribution Guide
gift cards and household appliances 2 5 2 apps must not promote or enable gambling including, but not limited to, lotteries, casino activities, sweepstakes, and sports betting 2 5 3 for game apps with an 19+ age restriction that are published in south korea, the apps must be granted game rating and administration committee grac rating certificate noteon a case-by-case basis and subject to applicable laws and other criteria, local samsung subsidiaries may approve apps 2 6 user-generated content 2 6 1 apps with user-generated content must have a mechanism to filter restricted content from the app 2 6 2 apps with user-generated content must provide measures to resolve intellectual property infringement 2 6 3 apps with user-generated content must provide users with a method and instructions to report to the app’s registering person or entity issues of restricted content or intellectual property infringement 2 7 advertisements 2 7 1 ads must be clearly identified as ads and must not harm app or device usability 2 7 2 ads must provide close and skip buttons and make them clearly visible 2 7 3 the content of ads must be appropriate for the app’s age rating 2 7 4 apps must not contain or present ads that have the following types of content • violence toward or abuse of humans or animals • sexual content including, but not limited to, pornography, pedophilia, and bestiality • websites that have a sexual emphasis or adult toys, videos, or products including, but not limited to, adult friend finder and dating websites • ads in kids category apps that contain content that is not appropriate for children • obscene, vulgar, or inappropriate language • defamatory, libelous, slanderous, or unlawful content • promotion of or unnecessary references to alcohol, tobacco including electronic cigarettes , and drugs • offensive references or discrimination towards individual persons or groups of people based on race, gender, sexual preference or identity, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion, political identity, or ideology • overtly political communication • illegal activities, services, or substances • description, depiction, or encouragement of illegal substances • illegal, false, or deceptive investment or money-making advice, promotions, or opportunities • system notifications, push notifications, or similar notifications without user consent • pharmaceutical products that are not certified in the countries that the apps are published in • content that reasonable public consensus may find to be improper or inappropriate 3 legal this section relates to lawful matters in addition to the requirements below, apps must comply with the local laws of the country of sale be sure to check each country’s local laws 3 1 privacy 3 1 1 apps that access, collect, use, transmit, or share user data including, but not limited to, user location, calendar, and sms/mms information must comply with all applicable local laws, the european union’s general data protection regulation gdpr and the samsung service terms and conditions 3 1 2 apps that access, collect, use, transmit, or share user data must display a user data privacy policy in their apps and provide the url of the policy during app registration in seller portal 3 1 3 the app privacy policy must include the following information • collected user data items and types • purposes of using user data • list of third-parties with which the app shares user data and shared data types • user data items and data types that the app shares with third-parties • user data retention period and user data deletion for example, upon account deletion or app uninstallation • method of notifying users when the privacy policy is revised • user data-related privileges such as reading, revising, or deleting data that can be requested by users 3 1 4 when the user data privacy policy is revised, users must be notified when the privacy policy url is changed, the privacy policy url in the app registration must be updated 3 1 5 apps must not access, collect, use, transmit, or share user data without legitimate user consent in accordance with local laws 3 1 6 apps must not require that the user grant more permissions or provide more personal information than the minimum necessary for the app to successfully support its features 3 1 7 apps must not display advertisements or push messages based on user data without first getting user consent to do so 3 1 8 apps must not initiate or support security warnings or malicious means that try to get user data 3 2 intellectual property copyright, trademark etc 3 2 1 apps must not copy aspects of any app published in galaxy store 3 2 2 apps must not support the download of any other app by a direct method from inside the app for example, through an apk 3 2 3 apps must not display, depict, or use any samsung identifiers including, but not limited to, samsung brand names, logos, trademarks, and service marks 3 2 4 apps must not contain any reference that suggests that the app or its registering person or entity has a relationship with samsung or misleads users about any samsung device 3 2 5 apps that include free and open source software foss must comply with applicable open source software license terms and conditions 3 2 6 apps must not include, present, or use any material whose use is protected by the laws of any country that the app is published in including, but not limited to, copyrighted, trademarked, and patented material without first getting the permission of the rightful owner, maintain evidence of the permission, and must present a copy of the permission to samsung app content must not contain protected or slightly modified material without the owner’s consent, including, but not limited to • business names, trademarks, service marks, colors, fonts, or logos that can mislead users • watch brand names or logos, styles, or inspired designs • sports club names or logos, or official colors or design • names, images, and other content protected by intellectual property rights and publicity rights for example, from movies, tv, and game guides • fan-made content • protected logos or brand names of products including, but not limited to automobiles, motorcycles, handbags, and cameras • images of products including, but not limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, cameras, and handbags when the product brand can be identified • images of private buildings not visible from a public space, and copyrighted images of any building or structure for example, st peter’s basilica, illuminated eiffel tower, and the empire state building • works, names, photos, likenesses, or signatures of any person or celebrity generally, while they are living or less than 70 years after their death 3 2 7 for apps that include, present, or use material protected by the laws of the countries that the app is published in, or support a method to share or download material not owned by the person or entity who registered the app, the person or entity must first get the permission of the rightful owner, maintain evidence of the permission, and must present a copy of the permission to samsung noteif you find protected material inappropriately inside a galaxy store app or inappropriately available via a galaxy store app, please directly contact the app seller to resolve the issue in the case that the seller cannot be reached, you can report the violation here 3 3 kids category 3 3 1 apps published in the kids category of galaxy store • must comply with applicable children’s privacy laws and statutes of the countries that the apps are published in including, but not limited to, the children’s online privacy protection act coppa and european union’s general data protection regulation gdpr • must be designed for children under 13 years of age • must not contain links to outside of the app 3 4 miscellaneous 3 4 1 apps must comply with all local laws of the countries that the apps are published in 3 4 2 apps must observe and comply with all legal requirements and local customs of the countries that the apps are published in 3 4 3 for apps published in south korea • apps must comply with the act on promotion of information and communications network utilization and information protection, and all other relevant republic of korea laws • app registration must specify the required and optional permissions and describe why and how they are used • in-app payments/purchases apps offering forms or methods of randomized virtual items for purchase, such as but not limited to loot boxes or loot crates, must disclose the odds of receiving those items to customers prior to purchase noteyou can download the guideline on the disclosure of probability information in game rating and administration committee grac 3 4 4 apps must not visually or audibly present or encourage any type of the following content • overtly political communication • illegal activities, services, or substances • illegal, false, or deceptive investment or money-making advice, promotions, or opportunities • pharmaceutical products that are not certified in the countries that the apps are published in