Privacy, Security, 33 privacy – Apple iPad iOS 7.1 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Basics
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Privacy
Privacy settings let you see and control which apps and system services have access to Location
Services, and to contacts, calendars, reminders, and photos.
Location Services lets location-based apps such as Maps, Weather, and Camera gather and
use data indicating your location. Your approximate location is determined using available
information from local Wi-Fi networks, if you have Wi-Fi turned on. The location data collected
by Apple isn’t collected in a form that personally identifies you. When an app is using Location
Services, appears in the menu bar.
Turn Location Services on or off. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You can turn it off
for some or for all apps and services. If you turn off Location Services, you’re prompted to turn it
on again the next time an app or service tries to use it.
Turn Location Services off for system services. Several system services, such as location-based
iAds, use Location Services. To see their status, turn them on or off, or show in the menu
bar when these services use your location, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services >
System Services.
Turn off access to private information. Go to Settings > Privacy. You can see which apps and
features have requested and been granted access to the following information:
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Contacts
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Calendar
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Reminders
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Photos
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Bluetooth Sharing
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Microphone
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You can turn off each app’s access to each category of information. Review the terms and privacy
policy for each third-party app to understand how it uses the data it’s requesting.
Security
Security features help protect the information on your iPad from being accessed by others.
Use a passcode with data protection
For better security, you can set a passcode that must be entered each time you turn on or wake
up iPad.
Set a passcode. Go to Settings > Passcode and set a 4-digit passcode.
Setting a passcode turns on data protection, using your passcode as a key to encrypt Mail
messages and attachments stored on iPad, using 256-bit AES encryption. (Other apps may also
use data protection.)
Increase security. Turn off Simple Passcode and use a longer passcode. To enter a passcode that’s
a combination of numbers and letters, you use the keyboard. If you prefer to unlock iPad using
the numeric keypad, set up a longer passcode using numbers only.