None declared
Mostly a question of trust: Total Wireless Cloud collects data linked to you but declares no tracking. The sensitive items are location, contacts and user content. In total the label lists 7 data types; 29% of cloud storage apps we checked declare tracking.
Total Wireless Cloud 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 Wireless Cloud collects 1 data type tied to your identity but declares no tracking.
Did Total Wireless Cloud ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Total Wireless Cloud's developer declared.
Total Wireless Cloud lists Location on its label. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.
Total Wireless Cloud lists User Content on its label. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Total Wireless Cloud lists Contacts on its label. Limited Access shares selected contacts instead of your whole address book.
Total Wireless Cloud declares no tracking, so a tracking prompt would contradict its label. Decline it, and consider reporting the mismatch to Apple.
Health & Fitness is not on Total Wireless Cloud'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 Wireless Cloud collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| LocationSensitiveNot linked 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. |
| ContactsSensitiveNot linked 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 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 InfoNot linked 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 youNot linked 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 Total Wireless Cloud's label means for you
Total Wireless Cloud's label has 1 type under “Data Linked to You”, 7 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.
Total Wireless Cloud declares no tracking, which means the developer says it does not combine your data with other companies' data for advertising or sell it to data brokers. The data linked to you — identifiers — is still tied to your identity, typically through an account, and is covered by the developer's privacy policy and retention rules.
The items that deserve the most attention are location, contacts and user content. Location history reveals home, work and routines. Precise location deserves the most scrutiny.
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 Wireless Cloud lists 7 data types, more than the average of 3.3 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 Total Wireless Cloud
- 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 › Total Wireless Cloud. 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
Contacts
Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts. Limited Access shares only the people you select instead of your whole address book.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
Does Total Wireless Cloud track you?
There is no “Data Used to Track You” section on Total Wireless Cloud's label.
Does Total Wireless Cloud track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Total Wireless Cloud behind Face ID
- Find Total Wireless Cloud 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 Wireless Cloud now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Total Wireless Cloud has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Total Wireless Cloud
| Developer | Verizon Value, Inc. |
| App Store category | Utilities (also Productivity) |
| Latest version | 23.12.144, released December 2024 |
| First released | October 2020 |
| Requires | iOS 15.0 or later |
| Size | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 1 (EN) |
| Bundle ID | com.tracfone.Total-Cloud |
The current version shipped in December 2024, over a year before our snapshot. Older apps can lag behind iOS privacy features such as limited photo and contact access.
Also by Verizon Value, Inc.: Straight Talk Cloud.
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 Wireless Cloud 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 Wireless Cloud's developer: Can the provider scan or read the files I upload?
Total Wireless Cloud vs similar cloud storage apps
- Zefiro
- Total Wireless Cloud (this app)
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- Livedrive
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Your Total Wireless Cloud privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
False: there is no Data Used to Track You section on Total Wireless Cloud's label.
- 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, 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.
Total Wireless Cloud privacy FAQ
Is Total Wireless Cloud safe to use?
Does Total Wireless Cloud track you?
What data does Total Wireless Cloud collect?
Who makes Total Wireless Cloud?
Can I lock Total Wireless Cloud with Face ID?
How does Total Wireless Cloud compare with other cloud storage apps?
Can the provider scan or read the files I upload?
How do I delete my data from Total Wireless Cloud?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.