iOS 17 Privacy Manifest

A privacy manifest is a form of a property list, it records and describes the types of data that are collected by an app or SDK. In light of the new privacy requirements announced by Apple at WWDC23, which states requirements for listed SDKs to provide a privacy manifest and an SDK signature, Player Network SDK has included privacy manifests for affected plugins since Player Network SDK V1.22.

From Spring 2024, developers will have to clearly describe data use in the privacy manifest, showing how required reason APIs will be utilized in apps that are updated or uploaded to Apple App Store Connect.

The following table shows a list of Player Network SDK plugins that are affected by the new privacy requirements, follow the merge method described to configure the plugins required for your game project:

Plugin	Privacy Manifests	Signatures for SDKs	Merge Method
INTLCore	Supported	Not required	Manual
INTLFoundation	Supported	Not required	Manual
INTLAdjust	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLAppsFlyer	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLDiscord	SDK no longer maintained	-	Manual
INTLDmm	Supported	Supported	Automatic
INTLFacebook	Supported	Supported	Automatic
INTLFirebase	Supported	Supported	Automatic
INTLGarena	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLGoogle	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLHighLevel	For Need for Speed only	-	-
INTLKaKao	Not supported yet	Not required	-
INTLLine	Supported	Supported	Automatic
INTLQQ	Supported	Supported	Automatic
INTLTikTok	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLTwitter	SDK no longer maintained	-	Manual
INTLUbiSoft	For TDM only	-	-
INTLVK	Not supported yet	Not required	-
INTLVNG	Not supported yet	Not required	-
INTLWeChat	Supported	Not required	Automatic
INTLYouTube	Supported	Required, not supported yet	Automatic
INTLBugly	Deprecated	-	-
INTLCrashSight	Deprecated	-	-
INTLCustomer	Deprecated	-	-
INTLTAB	Deprecated	-	-

• Manual: Provided privacy manifests for third-party SDKs without upgrading the framework. Manual integration required, follow the Procedures to merge to the privacy manifest of the game project.
• Automatic: Upgraded third-party SDKs with privacy manifest. No extra configuration is needed.
• Not published yet: The third-party SDK is not yet supported, and they have not disclosed their support method.

Procedures

1. Find the privacy manifest PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy for the required plugin from the Player Network SDK product catalog.
   

   Unity

   Plugin	Path
   INTLFoundation	/Plugins/iOS/INTLSDK/INTLFoundation/INTLFoundation.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
   INTLCore	/Plugins/iOS/INTLSDK/INTLCore/INTLCore.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
   INTLGarena	/Plugins/iOS/INTLSDK/INTLGarena/INTLGarena.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy

   Unreal Engine

   Plugin	Path
   INTLFoundation	/INTLSDK/Source/INTLFoundation/Libs/iOS/INTLFoundation/INTLFoundation.embeddedframework/INTLFoundation.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
   INTLCore	/INTLSDK/Source/INTLCore/Libs/iOS/INTLCore/INTLCore.embeddedframework/INTLCore.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
   INTLGarena	/INTLSDK/Source/INTLGarena/Libs/iOS/INTLGarena/INTLGarena.embeddedframework/INTLGarena.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy

2. Compare the 4 nodes of the PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy from Player Network SDK with the contents in the PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy from the game project, then merge based on the below conditions.
   

   1. Privacy Nutrition Label Types (NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypes) describes the data types used:
      Compare the Collected Data Type (NSPrivacyCollectedDataType) of each item, add the value to the game project file if they are different.
      If they are the same, instead compare Collection Purposes (NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePurposes), add the value to the game project file if they are different.
      

   2. Privacy Tracking Domains (NSPrivacyTrackingDomains) lists the domains that engage in tracking:
      Compare the corresponding nodes, add the value to the game project file if they are different.

   3. Privacy Tracking Enabled (NSPrivacyTracking) describes if the App Tracking Transparency feature is enabled:
      Compare the corresponding nodes, modify the game project file if the value is YES in the Player Network SDK privacy manifest.

   4. Privacy Accessed API Types (NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes) describes the API types used:
      Compare the Privacy Accessed API Type (NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType) of each item, add the value to the game project file if they are different.
      If they are the same, instead compare Privacy Accessed API Reasons (NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons), add the value to the game project file if they are different.
      

Verify privacy manifest

A privacy report can be generated using Xcode 15, to verify if expectations have been met.