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I am about to submit my app to the App store and there are two questions that are causing me some concern. The other question will be a new topic.

When answering the final questions before submitting to the App Store for review, the question asks:

"Is your app designed to use cryptography or does it contain or incorporate cryptography? (Select Yes even if your app is only utilizing the encryption available in iOS or OS X.)"

"Yes/No"

Now my app uses a login feature which access a database and it also uses the database to find, retrieve and store adverts. So my question is:

Does my app use encryption of any kind?

It would seem to me that a database is encrypted and therefore its use in my app with a login is grounds for encryption and I would have to agree to the above statement.

When I do say Yes I am presented with the exemptions.

Here are the exemptions:

"Does your app qualify for any of the exemptions provided in Category 5, Part 2 of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations?
Make sure that your app meets the criteria of the exemption listed here. You are responsible for the proper classification of your product. Incorrectly classifying your app may lead to you being in violation of U.S. export laws and could make you subject to penalties, including your app being removed from the App Store. Read the FAQ thoroughly before answering the questions.

You can select Yes for question #2 if the encryption of your app is:
(a) Specially designed for medical end-use
(b) Limited to intellectual property and copyright protection
(c) Limited to authentication, digital signature, or the decryption of data or files
(d) Specially designed and limited for banking use or "money transactions"; or
(e) Limited to "fixed" data compression or coding techniques

You can also select Yes if your app meets the descriptions provided in Note 4 for Category 5, Part 2 of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

For additional guidance on exemptions, see the FAQ."

Now I use authentication because I use a login, but where does access to the database fall? Is it encrypted or not?

Please help.

Regards

Hello -

Could you please clarify, are you encrypting your Database data?

If no, you should select answer "No" to all these questions.

Hi Illya,

I have not done anything other than setup the database as per your instructions for setting up a login and items listings. So I guess I have not encrypted it.

I just wanted to check if Appery used encryption for login in status, but I will choose no for that option.

Thank you for replying so swiftly.

Regards