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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Current legal frameworks enforce that Android developers accurately report the
    data their apps collect. However, large codebases can make this reporting challenging.
    This paper employs an empirical approach to understand developers' experience
    with Google Play Store's Data Safety Section (DSS) form.\r\n\r\nWe first survey
    41 Android developers to understand how they categorize privacy-related data into
    DSS categories and how confident they feel when completing the DSS form. To gain
    a broader and more detailed view of the challenges developers encounter during
    the process, we complement the survey with an analysis of 172 online developer
    discussions, capturing the perspectives of 642 additional developers. Together,
    these two data sources represent insights from 683 developers.\r\n\r\nOur findings
    reveal that developers often manually classify the privacy-related data their
    apps collect into the data categories defined by Google-or, in some cases, omit
    classification entirely-and rely heavily on existing online resources when completing
    the form. Moreover, developers are generally confident in recognizing the data
    their apps collect, yet they lack confidence in translating this knowledge into
    DSS-compliant disclosures. Key challenges include issues in identifying privacy-relevant
    data to complete the form, limited understanding of the form, and concerns about
    app rejection due to discrepancies with Google's privacy requirements.\r\nThese
    results underscore the need for clearer guidance and more accessible tooling to
    support developers in meeting privacy-aware reporting obligations. @eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Mugdha
      foaf_name: Khedkar, Mugdha
      foaf_surname: Khedkar
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=88024
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Michael
      foaf_name: Schlichtig, Michael
      foaf_surname: Schlichtig
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=32312
    orcid: 0000-0001-6600-6171
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Mohamed Aboubakr Mohamed
      foaf_name: Soliman, Mohamed Aboubakr Mohamed
      foaf_surname: Soliman
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=102489
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Eric
      foaf_name: Bodden, Eric
      foaf_surname: Bodden
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=59256
    orcid: 0000-0003-3470-3647
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_subject:
  - static analysis
  - data collection
  - data protection
  - privacy-aware reporting
  dct_title: 'Challenges in Android Data Disclosure: An Empirical Study.@'
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