Due to a recent update we've made to our App Approval Exceptions guidelines, we are asking you to include the following disclaimer at the top of your app description:
WARNING: The app is intended only as an in-flight aid and should not be used as a primary information source. If the app contains a barometric altimeter, it will not function in a pressurized aircraft and should not be used in a pressurized aircraft
Thank you
- The Garmin Connect IQ Team
How can I respond to these emails (the reply to address is "[email protected]") to confirm that either this does not apply or, as in the case with my one data field, that it could apply and that I've updated the description accordingly?
Further to this, do you expect this wording to be verbatim and does it need to be at the very top (ie. first thing) of the description? If so, might I propose that there be a section for warnings and/or disclaimers because the default description size is already incredibly small.
Finally, I'm not sure I agree with the wording. With the exception of my one data field, I have not designed any apps that are to be used as an "in-flight aid" and I am sceptical of alluding to this. For example, my METAR/TAF widget is designed as an on-the-ground (as in flight planning) or general purpose information source and as such I have the following in my description which I feel is way more appropriate:
*** IMPORTANT: ***
This widget should be used for informational purposes only.
Although every attempt has been made to ensure the latest METAR/TAF data is retrieved, none of the information displayed by the widget (including, but not limited to, calculated density altitude, freezing levels and flight categories) should be used as a primary source when flight planning. Always ensure you do proper flight planning using data/information from official sources. You accept all responsibility for any activities for which this widget is used or relied on for.
I'm sure that your generic text came from the Garmin legal department but my statement came from my lawyer and I much prefer my specific-to-this-app text.
