It depends on how you feel about tracking: Secret Photo Vault HushDM declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are user content. In total the label lists 6 data types; 20% of photo backup apps we checked declare tracking.
Secret Photo Vault HushDM 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.
Secret Photo Vault HushDM's developer reports using purchases, contact info, identifiers, usage data to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Secret Photo Vault HushDM ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Secret Photo Vault HushDM's developer declared.
Location is not on Secret Photo Vault HushDM'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.
Secret Photo Vault HushDM lists User Content on its label. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Contacts is not on Secret Photo Vault HushDM'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.
Secret Photo Vault HushDM 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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM'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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| User ContentSensitiveNot linked to you | Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too. |
| Contact InfoUsed to track youLinked 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. |
| PurchasesUsed to track youLinked 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 DataUsed to track 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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM's label means for you
Secret Photo Vault HushDM's label has 4 types 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 purchases, contact info, identifiers, usage data from Secret Photo Vault HushDM 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 user content. This is the content you actually care about. Where it is stored, who can read it and how it is backed up matters more than any other line on the label.
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. Secret Photo Vault HushDM lists 6 data types, more than the average of 1.5 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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM
- 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
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.
- 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 › Secret Photo Vault HushDM › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Secret Photo Vault HushDM track you?
Purchases, contact info, identifiers and 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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Secret Photo Vault HushDM behind Face ID
- Find Secret Photo Vault HushDM 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. Secret Photo Vault HushDM now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Secret Photo Vault HushDM has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
Lock or hide Secret Photo Vault HushDM: step-by-step guide →
About Secret Photo Vault HushDM
| Developer | Global Tech Operations LLC |
| App Store category | Photo & Video (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 2.0.6, released August 2026 |
| First released | May 2023 |
| Requires | iOS 18.0 or later |
| Size | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ |
| Languages | 44 (AR, BN, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN…) |
| Bundle ID | gtech.content.vault |
The current version shipped in August 2026. That is recent enough that the label should reflect current practices, but check the App Store page again before relying on it.
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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM 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 Secret Photo Vault HushDM's developer: Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?
Secret Photo Vault HushDM vs similar photo backup apps
- Secret Photo Vault HushDM (this app)
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Your Secret Photo Vault HushDM privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists purchases, contact info, identifiers and 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: User Content 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.
Secret Photo Vault HushDM privacy FAQ
Is Secret Photo Vault HushDM safe to use?
Does Secret Photo Vault HushDM track you?
What data does Secret Photo Vault HushDM collect?
Who makes Secret Photo Vault HushDM?
Can I lock Secret Photo Vault HushDM with Face ID?
How does Secret Photo Vault HushDM compare with other photo backup apps?
Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?
How do I delete my data from Secret Photo Vault HushDM?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.