It depends on how you feel about tracking: Bitdefender Mobile Security declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are browsing history. In total the label lists 6 data types; 44% of privacy protection apps we checked declare tracking.
Bitdefender Mobile Security 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.
Bitdefender Mobile Security's developer reports using identifiers to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Bitdefender Mobile Security ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Bitdefender Mobile Security's developer declared.
Location is not on Bitdefender Mobile Security's 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.
User Content is not on Bitdefender Mobile Security's 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security's 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.
Bitdefender Mobile Security 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security's 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| Browsing HistorySensitiveNot linked to you | Websites and other content you viewed that is not part of the app. | In browsers, use private tabs and clear history; Settings › Apps › Safari has Safari's own controls. |
| Contact InfoLinked to you | Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. | Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences. |
| PurchasesLinked to you | What you have bought or tend to buy. | Review in-app marketing settings; subscriptions are listed in Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions. |
| 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 DataNot linked 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. |
| DiagnosticsNot 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security's label means for you
Bitdefender Mobile Security's label has 1 type under “Data Used to Track You”, 3 types under “Data Linked to You”, 3 types 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 identifiers from Bitdefender Mobile Security 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 browsing history. Browsing history is a detailed record of interests. It is expected from browsers and content blockers and unusual elsewhere.
Privacy tools — VPNs, blockers and scanners — can see a lot of your traffic. A privacy app that collects identifiers or usage data deserves a careful read. Check whether the app logs traffic or DNS queries and who operates its servers.
Among the 147 privacy protection apps in our snapshot with a label, 44% declare tracking, 62% collect data linked to you and 22% say they collect nothing. Bitdefender Mobile Security lists 6 data types, more than the average of 3.1 for this group.
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
Settings to check for Bitdefender Mobile Security
- 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
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.
- 3
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.
- 4
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Bitdefender Mobile Security › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Bitdefender Mobile Security track you?
Identifiers. 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Bitdefender Mobile Security behind Face ID
- Find Bitdefender Mobile Security 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. Bitdefender Mobile Security now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Bitdefender Mobile Security has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Bitdefender Mobile Security
| Developer | Bitdefender SRL |
| App Store category | Utilities (also Productivity) |
| Latest version | 7.8.10, released October 2026 |
| First released | July 2017 |
| Requires | iOS 13.0 or later |
| Size | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 20 (CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, HU, IT…) |
| Bundle ID | com.bitdefender.iossecurity |
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 Bitdefender Mobile Security 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 Bitdefender Mobile Security's developer: Does the privacy app itself log what I do?
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Your Bitdefender Mobile Security privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists identifiers 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: Browsing History appears on its label, in the Not Linked to You section.
- 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.