---
id: privacy-safety.does-storage-studio-collect-my-location
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/does-storage-studio-collect-my-location
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "What leaves your Mac"
question: "Does Storage Studio collect my location?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does Storage Studio use GPS?"
  - "Will Storage Studio ask for Location Services?"
  - "Does the app know where I am?"
  - "storage studio location tracking"
  - "Why would Storage Studio need my country?"
short_answer: "No. Storage Studio never uses Location Services or GPS. The only geography involved is the country you pick at registration and a coarse country or region seen from your connection (Delta Drive's Activity screen and a recovery kit's certificate also note the city) — never a precise location."
tags: ["location", "privacy"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/what-does-storage-studio-send-over-the-internet"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Storage Studio collect my location?

No. Storage Studio never asks for Location Services and never uses GPS.

Two things touch geography, both coarse: you choose your **country** from a list when you register for the trial, and our server may note the country and region a connection comes from so the team can see roughly where the app is used. If you use Delta Drive, its **Activity** screen also shows the country and city each sign-in or request came from, so you can spot one that wasn't you; and a Delta Trust recovery kit's certificate records the city and network where the kit was made. None of this is a precise location, and there's no permission prompt.

If macOS asks for location after you move an app, that request comes from **that app**, not Storage Studio: macOS remembers permissions by an app's location, so a moved app may ask again.