Data Collection

Privacy Manager

Data collected by the Airship SDK can be controlled using Privacy Manager flags. Each flag enables additional Airship features within the SDK and controls what data is collected. The flags are for individual or groups of functional features within the SDK. Some Airship features, such as contact tags, require multiple feature flags to be enabled.

SDK Data Collection

All SDK features are enabled by default, but the SDK can be configured to disable all or a subset of features on start. If the SDK is initialized without any features enabled, it will not store any data or make any network requests. If the SDK features are disabled after being previously enabled, it may make a few network requests to opt the channel out to prevent notifications.

App Data Collection

In addition to the data automatically collected by the SDK, the app can provide data to the SDK for collection:

Data Privacy

Airship makes HTTPS encryption (also referred to as TLS connection) available for data in transit to or from the Service, for more information see Airship Security Measures. Data collected by the SDK is not transferred to any third parties unless a partner integration is enabled and configured by the application. For information on individual data requests, see Individual Data Privacy Rights.

Using Privacy Manager

The Privacy Manager allows setting default enabled features as well as modifying the enabled features at runtime. This table provides a mapping of the iOS flags:

Configuring Default Enabled Features

Default enabled features can be declared in UAConfig or AirshipConfig.plist by setting the enabledFeatures flag. For instance, to default to just push:

let config = Config.default()
config.enabledFeatures = [.push]

UAConfig *config = [UAConfig defaultConfig];
config.enabledFeatures = UAFeaturesPush;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  ...
  <key>enabledFeatures</key>
  <array/>
    <string>push</string>
  </array>
  ...
</dict>
</plist>

To fully disable data collection by default, just set the enabled features in your config to [] in Swift, or UAFeaturesNone in Objective-C:

let config = Config.default()
config.enabledFeatures = []

UAConfig *config = [UAConfig defaultConfig];
config.enabledFeatures = UAFeaturesNone;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  ...
  <key>enabledFeatures</key>
  <array/>
    <string>none</string>
  </array>
  ...
</dict>
</plist>

Modifying Enabled Features

Features can enabled and disabled at any time after takeOff. Once a feature set is modified from the default, those settings will be persisted in the SDK between app inits.

Airship.shared.privacyManager.enableFeatures([.push, .analytics])

[UAirship.shared.privacyManager enableFeatures:UAFeaturesPush | UAFeaturesAnalytics];

Airship.shared.privacyManager.disableFeatures([.push, .analytics])

[UAirship.shared.privacyManager disableFeatures:UAFeaturesPush | UAFeaturesAnalytics];

  Airship.shared.privacyManager.enabledFeatures = .all

  UAirship.shared.privacyManager.enabledFeatures =UAFeaturesAll