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  Few notifications spike a developer’s heart rate like a rejection email from the Google Play Console. Recently, a wave of "Data Safety" violations has hit apps integrating third-party ad networks. One specific vector for these rejections involves the  Mintegral SDK . The error usually cites discrepancies between the data your app collects (specifically  Persistent Device Identifiers ) and what you declared in your Data Safety form. If you are seeing warnings regarding "Unauthorized collection of device data" or "Inaccurate Data Safety Section," this guide provides the technical root cause analysis and the exact code required to remediate the issue. The Root Cause: Static Analysis and Device Fingerprinting To solve this, we must understand how Google detects these violations. When you upload an App Bundle ( .aab ) to the Play Console, Google runs static analysis on the bytecode. It scans for specific API calls, such as  Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID ,  Build...