It depends on how you feel about tracking: Total Drive declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are sensitive info, contacts and user content. In total the label lists 8 data types; 29% of cloud storage apps we checked declare tracking.
Total Drive 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.
Total Drive's developer reports using usage data to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Total Drive ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Total Drive's developer declared.
Location is not on Total Drive'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.
Total Drive lists User Content on its label, linked to you. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Total Drive lists Contacts on its label, linked to you. Limited Access shares selected contacts instead of your whole address book.
Total Drive 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 Total Drive'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 Total Drive collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitive InfoSensitiveLinked to you | Racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, beliefs, union membership, genetic or biometric data. | Share only what the app needs and check whether the label lists this data as linked to you. |
| ContactsSensitiveLinked to you | The people in your address book or social graph. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts: choose Limited Access to share only selected people, or None. |
| User ContentSensitiveLinked 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 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. |
| IdentifiersLinked 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. |
| Other DataLinked to you | Any data the developer did not fit into Apple's named categories. | Read the app's privacy policy, linked from its App Store page. |
| 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 Total Drive's label means for you
Total Drive's label has 1 type under “Data Used to Track You”, 6 types 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 Total Drive 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 sensitive info, contacts and user content. These are the categories data-protection laws treat as special. Few apps need them.
Cloud storage apps exist to move your files off the phone, so collecting user content is expected. What differs is encryption, sharing defaults and what the provider can read. Review automatic camera upload, shared-link expiry and whether client-side encryption is available.
Among the 170 cloud storage apps in our snapshot with a label, 29% declare tracking, 64% collect data linked to you and 24% say they collect nothing. Total Drive lists 8 data types, more than the average of 3.3 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 Total Drive
- 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
Contacts
Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts. Limited Access shares only the people you select instead of your whole address book.
- 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
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
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Total Drive › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Total Drive 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 Total Drive track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Total Drive behind Face ID
- Find Total Drive 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. Total Drive now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Total Drive has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Total Drive
| Developer | Total Security Limited |
| App Store category | Productivity (also Photo & Video) |
| Latest version | 3.0.3, released June 2026 |
| First released | August 2024 |
| Requires | iOS 16.0 or later |
| Size | 342 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 13 (CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, NB…) |
| Bundle ID | com.totaldrive.my.ts |
The current version shipped in June 2026. That is recent enough that the label should reflect current practices, but check the App Store page again before relying on it.
Also by Total Security Limited: TotalAV.
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 Total Drive 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 Total Drive's developer: Can the provider scan or read the files I upload?
Total Drive vs similar cloud storage apps
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Your Total Drive 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: Sensitive Info 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.
Total Drive privacy FAQ
Is Total Drive safe to use?
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Can I lock Total Drive with Face ID?
How does Total Drive compare with other cloud storage apps?
Can the provider scan or read the files I upload?
How do I delete my data from Total Drive?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.