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 [`intro.md`](intro.md); icon and splash are generated by
 `flutter_launcher_icons` / `flutter_native_splash` (see `pubspec.yaml`).
 
+## Legal & Play compliance (before any store submission)
+
+- The privacy policy must be live at `https://tane.comunes.org/legal/privacy`
+  (sources in [`legal/`](legal/README.md)) — Play Console requires the URL.
+- Fill the Data Safety form and the UGC/content-rating questionnaires from the
+  answer sheet in [`legal/internal/play-compliance.md`](legal/internal/play-compliance.md).
+- The in-app requirements (community-rules acceptance on market entry,
+  report and block) ship with the app; keep them working — Play's UGC policy
+  review looks for them.
+
 ## Manual smoke test before shipping
 
 Automated tests cover behaviour; a release build still gets a human pass on a