Is IDrive Online Backup Safe?

Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what IDrive Online Backup's developer declared.

1. 1

   Tracking

   Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.

2. 2

   Photos

   Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.

3. 3

   Contacts

   Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts. Limited Access shares only the people you select instead of your whole address book.

4. 4

   Sign-in

   When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.

5. 5

   Lock the app

   On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.

6. 6

   Notifications

   Settings › Notifications › IDrive Online Backup › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.

Does IDrive Online Backup track you? Full answer and how to stop it →

1. Find IDrive Online Backup on your Home Screen or in App Library.
2. Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
3. Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
4. Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. IDrive Online Backup now asks for authentication every time it opens.

The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not IDrive Online Backup has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.

The current version shipped in October 2026, so the app is actively maintained and its label is likely current. Labels are updated by developers when practices change.

Also by IDrive Incorporated: IDrive Photo Backup, IBackup.

• A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what IDrive Online Backup sends.
• It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
• Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
• Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
• Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.

The question to ask IDrive Online Backup's developer: Can the provider scan or read the files I upload?

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1. Q1IDrive Online Backup's privacy label says it uses data to track you.

   True False
   Right.

   Not quite.

   False: there is no Data Used to Track You section on IDrive Online Backup's label.

2. Q2Apple tests every app to confirm its privacy label is accurate.

   True False
   Right.

   Not quite.

   Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.

3. Q3IDrive Online Backup collects Contacts.

   True False
   Right.

   Not quite.

   True: Contacts appears on its label, in the Not Linked to You section.

4. Q4Data “Not Linked to You” is never sent off your iPhone.

   True False
   Right.

   Not quite.

   It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.

5. Q5Tapping “Ask App Not to Track” can stop an app from working.

   True False
   Right.

   Not quite.

   Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.