title: Firebase analytics and the consent dialog
body: <p>I have a simple application in the play store that doesn’t have access to the users personal information (uses only bluetooth and network).</p>
  <p>I have been considering using the Firebase analytics to get some insights how people use the app and where I can improve. However I have a serious problem with understanding all the legal obligations that would involve. From what I gather, I would need a privacy policy, which is not a problem. But from what I can see <a href="https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics/" rel="noreferrer">Firebase Analytics Policy</a> I would need to comply with <a href="https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy.html" rel="noreferrer">European Union User Consent Policy</a>.</p>
  <p>So as I understand the app would need to display some form of a dialog where the user would agree or not for the data collection. The issue is, I’m afraid most of the people would say no, which is they right.  But I’m asking if I really need to do this, because I don’t think I have ever seen a single app asking me for this sort of agreement (while I can see many websites doing that).</p>