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We received an email from the Apple Developer Relations Team entitled New iOS 18 security changes may affect your account. regarding accounts that share the same team name across multiple Apple developer accounts. The email includes instructions to contact Apple, but the email address provided in the email bounces back 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias. I tried again a day later, with the same result. Who should we contact instead?

The app does not meet all requirements for apps that offer highly regulated services or handle sensitive user data. Specifically: The account that submits the app must be enrolled in the Apple Developer Program as an organization, and not as an individual. The guideline 5.1.1(ix) requirements give users confidence that apps operating in highly regulated fields or that require sensitive user information are qualified to provide these services and will responsibly manage their data. Next Steps To resolve this issue, it would be appropriate to take the following steps: The app must be submitted through an Apple Developer Program account enrolled as an organization. You may either enroll in a new Apple Developer Program account as an organization, or request that your individual account be converted to an organization account by contacting Apple Developer Support. Please note that you cannot resolve this issue with documentation showing permission to publish this app on behalf of the content owner or ins

Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage We noticed that your app requires users to register or log in to access features that are not account based. Apps may not require users to enter personal information to function, except when directly relevant to the core functionality of the app or required by law. For example, an e-commerce app should let users browse store offerings and other features that are not account based before being asked to register, or a restaurant app should allow users to explore the menu before placing an order. Registration must then only be required for account-specific features, such as saving items for future reference or placing an order. Next Steps To resolve this issue, please revise your app to let users freely access your app’s features that are not account based. Resources Watch a video from App Review with tips for doing more for users with less data. See guideline 5.1.1(v) - Account Sign-In to learn more about our requirements for apps

Hi,We are using Sign in with Apple to onboard users to our system. We need to send instructions to the user using the email provided at signup. We use Mandrill in the backend to send emails. I have configured the sender email in Individual Email Addresses under Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles in developer account (& it shows a green check mark). The emails sent to private relay addresses (e.g. xxxxxprm23@privaterelay.appleid.com) bounces.I have verified another email using gmail & it works fine.Am I missing some settings?-------------Bounce message from Mandrill-----------------------------------Received: from mail178-28.suw51.mandrillapp.com (unknown [198.2.178.28])by relay-3.us-west-2.relay-prod (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5BCA20EF5for <bounce-md_31096458.5d52843d.v1-61f4bb207bb443e7a3d9e4482eb7beb3@mandrillapp.com>; Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:34:54 +0000 (UTC)Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:34:54 +0000From: postmaster@mail178-28.suw51.mandrillapp.comSubject: Delivery reportTo: bounce-md_31096458.5d

Hello, My team and I are trying to publish an app (It's our first time doing this). The app allows users to purchase self-guided tours using in-app purchases. Users can browse, find tours and see a preview of a tour without registration. However we require registration for the in-app purchase as this is linked to a user account. This is because there is a possibility that someone has bought a tour on an android device and is coming here plus this is the only way that we can enable the users to recover their account if they lose their device so it seems like a logical thing to do right? We only require an email ID and password and not a lot of info for registering. We have tried to explain this multiple times but this is the response we get: Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage We noticed that your app requires users to register with personal information to purchase in-app purchase products that are not account based. Apps cannot require user registration prior to allowing a

I have chatbot like app. First version was accepted and published on App store(First version required user to sign in with email). I have added few functionalities and they are account based. Besides Google and Apple ID sign in, which I have added to make access easier. (Requested by the users) The problem is that my update is being rejected base on 5.1.1(v) even though that first version had the same design and architecture, while completely ignoring the fact that new version has more account based functionalities. I have requested calls, nobody called me. I have sent more then 10 messages to explain how my app works and why it requires sign in. I haven't received any concise answer to those messages. Besides that they don't bother to address 5.1.1(v) part of any message I have sent them. I have submitted an appeal. I still haven't received any response to that neither. Besides explaining why my app needs account, I have listed other chatbot like apps, like ChatGPT. But I have also listed a

Hello, I have been stumped on this issue for a week and am looking for guidance on how to resolve it. I am aware of Guideline 5.1.1 Legal: Privacy - Data Collection and Storage and have read through it. The core functionality of our app is a Message Chatbot. This is the only feature we have, and we require user registration to limit the number of messages that can be sent on the free tier. However, despite explaining why we need user registration and pointing to a number of very similar apps that have the exact same registration system, we are not able to get approval from the App Reviewers. Their message is: To resolve this issue, please revise the app to let users freely access the app's features that are not account-based. The problem is that we do not have any other features in our app, so we are stuck. I was wondering if anyone else had similar issues and what they did to fix it? Thank you!

I received this notice when I submitted my app to the App Store: Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage The app requires users to register or log in to access features that are not account-based.Apps may not require users to enter personal information to function, except when directly relevant to the core functionality of the app or required by law. For example, an e-commerce app should let users browse store offerings and other features that are not account-based before being asked to register, or a restaurant app should allow users to explore the menu before placing an order. Registration must then only be required for account-specific features, such as saving items for future reference or placing an order. My app is not e-commerce and does not sell anything. We have partnered with my local university to build an app for their students. It requires a login to use the app because the user must be a student or staff member. The app is a discount app for local businesses. The

Hi There, we have an app that provides music and podcasts that we are licensed to provide , we depend on users to be logged in for our personalisation and recommendation engine to profile correctly both across the mobile app and web experience We have not had any issues for the last 7 years until now, receiving the app review rejection below. We have replied with multiple explanations why we require user login as mandatory and have identical apps that do the same, however we are told that we can log a complaint against those dont comply , but they cannot indicate what is different to our app. The response is below, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Hello, Thank you for your reply. Regarding 5.1.1 issue, your app requires users to register or log in to access features that are not account based. To resolve this issue, it would be appropriate to revise the app to let users freely access the app's features that are not account based. We are not able to provide feedback on app concepts or feat