It depends on how you feel about tracking: Photo Recovery - Secure Backup declares data used to track you. None of it falls in Apple's most sensitive categories (health, financial, location, contacts or your own content). In total the label lists 2 data types; 20% of photo backup apps we checked declare tracking.
Photo Recovery - Secure Backup 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.
Photo Recovery - Secure Backup's developer reports using usage data to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Photo Recovery - Secure Backup ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Photo Recovery - Secure Backup's developer declared.
Location is not on Photo Recovery - Secure Backup'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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup'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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup'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.
Photo Recovery - Secure Backup 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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup'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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| Usage DataUsed to track youLinked to youNot 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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup's label means for you
Photo Recovery - Secure Backup's label has 1 type under “Data Used to Track You”, 1 type under “Data Linked to You”, 2 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 usage data from Photo Recovery - Secure Backup 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.
None of the data types fall into the categories most people consider sensitive: health, financial information, precise location, contacts, browsing history or the content you create.
Photo backup apps upload your library by design, including location metadata embedded in each picture. Check whether backups keep original location data and whether shared albums are public links.
Among the 93 photo backup apps in our snapshot with a label, 20% declare tracking, 29% collect data linked to you and 52% say they collect nothing. Photo Recovery - Secure Backup lists 2 data types, about the same as the average of 1.5 for this group.
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
Settings to check for Photo Recovery - Secure Backup
- 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
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
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 › Photo Recovery - Secure Backup › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Photo Recovery - Secure Backup track you?
Usage data. 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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Photo Recovery - Secure Backup behind Face ID
- Find Photo Recovery - Secure Backup 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. Photo Recovery - Secure Backup now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Photo Recovery - Secure Backup has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Photo Recovery - Secure Backup
| Developer | Piyushkumar Bhut |
| App Store category | Productivity (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 3.2, released September 2026 |
| First released | January 2024 |
| Requires | iOS 15.0 or later |
| Size | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 1 (EN) |
| Bundle ID | com.infocuslab.photorecovery |
The current version shipped in September 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 Photo Recovery - Secure 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 Photo Recovery - Secure Backup's developer: Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?
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Your Photo Recovery - Secure Backup privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists usage data 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: Usage Data 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.
Photo Recovery - Secure Backup privacy FAQ
Is Photo Recovery - Secure Backup safe to use?
Does Photo Recovery - Secure Backup track you?
What data does Photo Recovery - Secure Backup collect?
Who makes Photo Recovery - Secure Backup?
Can I lock Photo Recovery - Secure Backup with Face ID?
How does Photo Recovery - Secure Backup compare with other photo backup apps?
Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?
How do I delete my data from Photo Recovery - Secure Backup?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.