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by tylerhou 2137 days ago
Note that I don't have much experience working with Apple's approval process, and am just speaking as a layuser here.

In that sentence, "contact" can mean many different things. Will you contact me by text for non-urgent things like billing or promotions? As a user, I don't want to give up my phone number for promotions. And since the request is right after the sign-in flow, I think it's reasonable Apple thinks "contact" can also mean 2FA.

I would put more precise language, such as: "Our masters may need to contact you in order to arrange delivery of X service."

Also, the fact that Apple did approve your app already is further evidence that this is just a misunderstanding, likely because your copy is not 100% clear.

(Sidenote: This is not important, but personally, the term "master" makes me uncomfortable. I personally would not call people "masters," but I also don't know your target market, so the term may be more appropriate in that context.)

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Thanks for the advice. Yes, our target market isn't english speaking, so some things might be a result of a bad translation.