How to Protect Private Info Stored on Your iPhone

With all the personal information — emails, phone numbers, addresses, and financial details — stored on iPhones, iPhone privacy must be taken seriously. That's why you should set up Find My iPhone and know what to do if your iPhone is lost or stolen. Other ways to control the privacy of your data are also available.

Find the Privacy Settings in iOS

In the past, several high-profile apps were caught uploading information from users' phones to their servers without permission. Apple added features that control which apps have access to the data on the iPhone (and the iPod touch, iPad, and Apple Watch). Most of these features are available in the iPhone Privacy settings.

To keep current with the privacy settings on your iPhone, check the Privacy area each time you install a new app to see whether it wants access to your personal information.

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To find the privacy settings, tap the Settings app and select Privacy. The Privacy screen includes elements of the iPhone that contain personal information that apps can gain access to, including Location Services, Contacts, and Calendars.

Protect Location Data on iPhone

Location Services are the GPS features of the iPhone that show exactly where you are, provide directions, find nearby restaurants, and more. Location Services enable many helpful features of the phone, but these features also allow your movements to be tracked.

Location Services are turned on by default, but you should check out your options. Keep some services turned on but turn off others to protect your privacy and reduce battery and wireless data usage.

In the Privacy screen, tap Location Services to see the options.

  • Location Services:-- This is the basic GPS feature of the phone. Leave it on to use the GPS features to get driving directions from an online map or to geotag photos, for example. Turn it off to disable GPS and many core features of the iPhone.
  • Share My Location:-- Sends the GPS location of your device to family members who are part of your Family Sharing group. Great to use when one family member needs directions to where another is. For other location-sharing options, check out how to use Find My Friends for iPhone and iPad and how to share your location on an iPhone or iPad. (This applies to iOS 8 and up.)
  • Apps:-- This is a list of apps that can access your location information. These apps may geotag photos (embed the geographic location at which you took the photo) or use your location to recommend nearby restaurants or stores. While useful, not all apps need your location to function, and you may not want all apps knowing where you are. To control access to your location, tap each app and choose to allow it to know where you are Always, Never, or While Using the app. Blocking an app from knowing your location could remove some of its features.

Protect Data Stored in Apps on iPhone

Many apps want to use the data stored in the iPhone built-in apps, such as Contacts or Photos. You may want to allow this — many third-party photos apps need access to your photo library to be useful — but it's worth checking out which apps are asking for information.

CONTACTS, CALENDARS, AND REMINDERS:--For these three sections, you can control what third-party apps can access the Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders apps. Move the sliders to Off/white for apps you don't want to have access to the data. Denying some apps access to your data may affect how they work.

PHOTOS AND CAMERA:--These two options work the same way. The apps listed on the screen want access to the Camera app or the pictures in the Photos app. Some photos may have embedded data such as the GPS location where you took them, depending on your Location Services settings. You might not be able to see this data, but apps can. Turn off app access to your photos with sliders, though doing that may limit their features.

Advanced Features That Protect Private Info on iPhone

Some apps want access to advanced features or hardware components on the iPhone, such as the microphone. As with all of these settings, granting this access can be important for how the apps work, but make sure you know which apps are able to listen to you speak.

BLUETOOTH SHARING:--Since files can be shared through Bluetooth using AirDrop, some apps want permission to do that. Control which apps can transmit files from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch via Bluetooth by moving the slider next to each app to On/green or Off/white.

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MICROPHONE:--Apps can access the microphone on an iPhone to listen to what's being said around you and potentially record it. This is great for an audio note-taking app, but it presents security risks. Control the apps that can use the microphone by moving the slider next to each app to On/green or Off/white.

SPEECH RECOGNITION:--In iOS 10 and up, the iPhone supports more powerful speech recognition features than ever before. Speak to your iPhone and apps to interact with them. Apps that want to take advantage of these features show up on this screen.

MOTION & FITNESS:--This setting is only available on devices that have the Apple M-series motion co-processor chip (the iPhone 5S and up). The M chips help these devices track your physical movements — steps taken or flights of stairs walked — so that apps can use the data to track exercise, provide directions, and other uses. Tap this menu to see a list of the apps that seek access to this data and make your choices.

SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS:--If you log into Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, or Flickr from iOS, use this setting to control which apps can access these accounts. Giving apps access to your social media accounts means they may be able to read your posts or post automatically. Keep this feature on by leaving the slider at green or turn it off by moving it to white.

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