It depends on how you feel about tracking: Video Compress - Shrink Vids declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are location. In total the label lists 4 data types; 72% of video storage apps we checked declare tracking.
Video Compress - Shrink Vids privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Video Compress - Shrink Vids' developer reports using location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Video Compress - Shrink Vids ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Video Compress - Shrink Vids' developer declared.
Video Compress - Shrink Vids lists Location on its label, including for tracking. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.
User Content is not on Video Compress - Shrink Vids' label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Contacts is not on Video Compress - Shrink Vids' label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Video Compress - Shrink Vids declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.
Health & Fitness is not on Video Compress - Shrink Vids' label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What Video Compress - Shrink Vids collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| LocationSensitiveUsed to track youLinked to you | Where your phone is, either precisely (street level) or approximately (city or area). | Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services: choose Never or While Using, and turn off Precise Location if the app does not need it. |
| IdentifiersUsed to track youLinked to you | An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted. |
| Usage DataUsed to track youLinked to you | What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. | There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings. |
| DiagnosticsUsed to track youLinked to youNot linked to you | Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate. |
What Video Compress - Shrink Vids' label means for you
Video Compress - Shrink Vids' label has 4 types under “Data Used to Track You”, 4 types under “Data Linked to You”, 1 type under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics from Video Compress - Shrink Vids can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.
The items that deserve the most attention are location. Location history reveals home, work and routines. Precise location deserves the most scrutiny.
Video storage apps upload large personal files, often including faces and voices of other people. Check upload settings over cellular, who can access shared videos and how to delete a video from the server, not just the app.
Among the 108 video storage apps in our snapshot with a label, 72% declare tracking, 80% collect data linked to you and 14% say they collect nothing. Video Compress - Shrink Vids lists 4 data types, more than the average of 2.9 for this group.
Photo and video apps usually request access to your photo library. iOS lets you share only selected photos, which keeps the rest of the library — and its location metadata — away from the app.
Settings to check for Video Compress - Shrink Vids
- 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
Location
Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Video Compress - Shrink Vids. Choose While Using or Never, and switch off Precise Location if a city-level answer is enough.
- 3
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.
- 4
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.
- 5
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Video Compress - Shrink Vids › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Video Compress - Shrink Vids track you?
Location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.
Does Video Compress - Shrink Vids track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Video Compress - Shrink Vids behind Face ID
- Find Video Compress - Shrink Vids on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Video Compress - Shrink Vids now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Video Compress - Shrink Vids has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
Lock or hide Video Compress - Shrink Vids: step-by-step guide →
About Video Compress - Shrink Vids
| Developer | Brachmann Online Marketing GmbH & Co. KG |
| App Store category | Photo & Video (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 3.1.1, released October 2026 |
| First released | June 2015 |
| Requires | iOS 18.0 or later |
| Size | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 19 (AR, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA…) |
| Bundle ID | de.io-marketing.videocompress |
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.
What the label cannot tell you
- 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 Video Compress - Shrink Vids 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 Video Compress - Shrink Vids' developer: When I delete a video, is it deleted from the server too?
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Your Video Compress - Shrink Vids privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics under Data Used to Track You.
- 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.
- Right.Not quite.
True: Location appears on its label.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.
Video Compress - Shrink Vids privacy FAQ
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When I delete a video, is it deleted from the server too?
How do I delete my data from Video Compress - Shrink Vids?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.