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What a "Policy Violation" Email Actually Means and How to Respond

A policy violation email is different from a standard rejection at submission — it typically means your app was live and got pulled or flagged after the fact, which is a more serious signal to your developer account standing than a pre-launch rejection.

The detail that matters most: these emails cite a specific policy and often a "strike" against your account. Multiple strikes within a rolling period can lead to account-level action, which is why responding quickly and specifically matters more here than with a routine submission rejection.

The fix

Fix: treat any policy violation email as account-level risk, not just app-level — respond with the same urgency you'd give a security incident.

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