Data that a Legacy Contact may be able to access
The data that a Legacy Contact can access depends on what the Apple ID account holder stored in iCloud and in their iCloud Backup. A Legacy Contact can access all of the data types below – the original account holder can’t choose to exclude data types. For example, the account holder can’t only grant access to Messages and Mail and exclude iCloud Photos. But if they kept all of their photos on a third-party site, those photos aren’t stored with Apple and won’t be in their Apple ID data.
Data that a Legacy Contact may be able to access includes:
- iCloud Photos
- Notes
- Contacts
- Calendars
- Reminders
- Messages in iCloud
- Call history
- Files stored in iCloud Drive
- Health Data
- Voice Memos
- Safari Bookmarks and Reading List
- iCloud Backup, which may include downloaded App Store apps, photos and videos stored on the device, device settings and other content backed up in iCloud and not on the excluded list below
Data that a Legacy Contact cannot access
Data that isn’t available to a Legacy Contact includes:
- Licensed media, for example films, music and books that the account holder purchased
- In-app purchases, for example upgrades, subscriptions, game currency or other content that was bought inside an app
- Payment information, for example Apple ID payment information or cards that have been saved for use with Apple Pay
- Information stored in the account holder’s Keychain, for example Safari user names and passwords, internet accounts (used in Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Messages), credit card numbers and expiry dates, and Wi-Fi passwords
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A Legacy Contact is someone that you choose to have access to the data in your Apple account after your death. For security, Apple reviews requests from Legacy Contacts and only provides access to account data after verifying the required information.