User Privacy - User ID configuration

Soomla SDK provides 3 alternatives to handle User-ID:

1. Developers can initialize Soomal SDK with their own User-ID
   soomlaConfigBuilder.setUserId(userId)
   
   
2. Changing the User-ID, after soomla SDK was initialized
   SoomlaTraceback.getInstance().changeUserId(userId)
   
   
3. In case Soomla SDK was initialized without User-ID, Soomla will set default User-ID

Starting version 5.18.0 we made a change so that:

Soomla will use a Soomla User-ID to mark the user, this is an identifier that is not persistent across apps and can’t be used for profiling. In earlier versions, the default behaviour was to set the IDFA/GAID as the User-ID

This means that if you do already set the User-ID - the change will not apply

Q&A

Q - Why do it's important to set User-ID?

A - We are taking steps to limit the use of IDFA/GAID only to publishers who knowingly choose to.

Q - What apps are impacted by this change

A - Your app will only be impacted by this change if you never set the User-ID when you initialize the Soomla SDK

Q - How is the User-ID used in SOOMLA

A - There are two features that rely on User-ID in Soomla: 

the data dumps - if you account is configured to send data to a bucket and you are ingesting the data from there - the User-ID that is being used in the data dumps is the User-ID mentioned above

User journey - this is a premium feature allowing you to use the dashboard to follow a specific user and see his entire ad experience - the User-ID is used to identify the users in this screen

Q - Can I avoid this change

A - Yes!
If you have been using the IDFA/GAID as the User-ID in your system and wish to keep doing so you can simply read the IDFA/GAID and use it to populate the User-ID using  soomlaConfigBuilder.setUserId(userId)  or  SoomlaTraceback.getInstance().changeUserId(userId);