Apple 2 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:
 
Contacts
 
Calendar
 
Reminders
 
Photos
 
Bluetooth Sharing
 
Microphone 
 
Twitter
 
Facebook
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
Initially, iPad doesn’t require you to enter a passcode to unlock it. You can set a passcode that 
must be entered each time you turn on or wake up iPad.
Set a passcode. Go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock 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.
Allow access to features when iPad is locked. Go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock. 
Optional features include:
 
Siri (if enabled; see 
 on page 38)