Mobile applications, as well as mobile games and video games are regulated by the law. In the following, we will show you the different legal rules to respect when creating mobile games as well as mobile applications.

Before even considering the idea of launching an application on the market, certain legal procedures must be respected: first of all, the legal notice. These compulsory legal notices must be available to the users through their description without needing to download the application. In case of failure to comply with this obligation of legal information, it will result in a penalty that differs from one country to another. But the publisher of the application risks imprisonment and a fine.

The information to be indicated are as follows: the application publisher must include its corporate name, its registered office, its telephone number, and its registration number. These information, as necessary as it is to mention, can be completed by other data. In fact, if the company carries out an e-commerce activity, it will have to indicate its address, its VAT number and, if necessary, the address and the name of the authority that has delivered an authorization to it if this last one proves to be necessary with regard to the carried out activity.

Finally, the legal notices can be used by the application publisher to register the provisions relating to intellectual property for the protection of the application. In cases where the general terms and conditions of sale do not mention the protection of personal data and the application is free of charge, the provisions relating to the protection of personal data can be included in the legal notice. If you want to know this information before playing mobile games, go to Legal Prize Blast.

Because of its status of sensitive data, personal data is subject to specific legislation. For the editor of an application, the processing of users' personal data that may be collected by downloading is not to be taken lightly. Indeed, for example, if the editor is based in France, he must first request authorization from the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties, CNIL, in order to obtain the right to collect and process users' personal data, under penalty of financial sanctions.

Moreover, according to the provisions of the law, the processing of personal data is subject to several rules. First, the processing of data must be fair and lawful. This means that the publisher must clearly inform the user about the use of their personal data. This information can also be included in the general terms of use of an application.

Moreover, the editor has a particular duty towards the users regarding collecting personal data. He should be informed of all his rights, in particular his rights of access, rectification, and opposition to such processing. Moreover, the user must be able, at any time, to suspend or stop the service when he wishes and when these data are used for advertising purposes. The purposes of such processing must also be specified, explicit, and legitimate. One point should be noted concerning the responsibility of the editor when processing personal data: if the purpose of the processing is misused, the editor is criminally liable.

Finally, the CNIL particularly insists on the proportionality of the purpose of the processing of personal data in relation to the use that is made of it: a collection of personal data must not exceed a reasonable threshold. The same applies to the purpose and duration of the processing. The publisher is also responsible for the security of user data, otherwise, it may be held liable.