Data usage policy information

Amplify iOS v1 is now in Maintenance Mode until May 31st, 2024. This means that we will continue to include updates to ensure compatibility with backend services and security. No new features will be introduced in v1.

Please use the latest version (v2) of Amplify Library for Swift to get started.

If you are currently using v1, follow these instructions to upgrade to v2.

Amplify libraries should be used for all new cloud connected applications. If you are currently using the AWS Mobile SDK for iOS, you can access the documentation here.

Apple requires app developers to provide the data usage policy of the app when they submit their app to the App Store. Below are the different categories identified by Apple and the corresponding data type used by the Amplify library.

Contact info

Data Type	Legacy SDK	Amplify Category	Purpose	Linked To Identity	Tracking	Provided by developer
Name
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSConnect	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
Email Address
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSConnect	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
Phone Number
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅
	AWSConnect	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	✅

User Content

Data Type	Legacy SDK	Amplify Category	Purpose	Linked To Identity	Tracking	Provided by developer
Photos or Videos
	AWSS3	Storage	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅
	AWSRekognition	Prediction	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅
	AWSTextract	Prediction	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅
	AWSTranslate	Prediction	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅
Audio Data
	AWSTranscribe	Prediction	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅
	AWSTranscribeStreaming	Prediction	App Functionality	❌	❌	✅

Identifiers

Data Type	Legacy SDK	Amplify Category	Purpose	Linked To Identity	Tracking	Provided by developer
User ID
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentity	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCore	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSConnect	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSConnectParticipant	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSSTS	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSLex	NA	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSPinpoint	Analytics	Analytics	✅	✅	❌
Device ID
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSPinpoint	Analytics	Analytics	✅	✅	❌

Other Data

Data Type	Legacy SDK	Amplify Category	Purpose	Linked To Identity	Tracking	Provided by developer
OS Version
	AWSCore	All category	Analytics	❌	✅	❌
OS Name
	AWSCore	All category	Analytics	❌	✅	❌
Locale Info
	AWSCore	All category	Analytics	❌	✅	❌

App Version
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Min OS target of the app
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Timezone information
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Network information
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Has SIM card
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Cellular Carrier Name
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Device Model
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Device Name
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Device OS Version
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Device Height and Width
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
Device Language
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
UIDevice.identifierForVendor
	AWSMobileClient	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoAuth	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌
	AWSCognitoIdentityProvider	Auth	App Functionality	✅	❌	❌

Health and Fitness

No data is collected

Financial Info

No data is collected

Location

No data is collected

Sensitive Info

No data is collected

Contacts

No data is collected

Browsing History

No data is collected

Search History

No data is collected

Diagnostics

No data is collected

Some Amplify categories such as Analytics, Auth, and DataStore persist data to the local device. Some of that data is automatically removed when a user uninstalls the app from the device.

Amplify stores Auth information in the local system keychain, which does not guarantee any particular behavior around whether data is removed when an app is uninstalled.

Deciding on when to clear this auth information is not something that the SDK can do in a generic way, so App developers should decide when to clear the data by signing out. One strategy for accomplishing this would be to use UserDefaults to detect whether or not the app is launching for the first time, and invoking Auth.signOut() if the app has not been launched before.

Use AWS SDK

Uninstalling the app