Store Device Information

Overview

The Store Device Information control captures and stores comprehensive device and application metadata from protected applications. This telemetry enables security analytics, device inventory management, version tracking, and incident response capabilities.

Plan Requirement

• Plan: Enterprise only
• Platforms: iOS, Android

Fields Collected

Android

iOS

Privacy Statement

No Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is collected:

• Android: The android_id is a per-application identifier that resets if the app is reinstalled. It is not consistent across applications or devices and cannot be used to track users across apps.
• iOS: The vendor_id (identifierForVendor) is unique per vendor. Apps from the same vendor share this identifier, but it resets if all apps from that vendor are uninstalled. It cannot track users across different vendor applications.

Both identifiers are privacy-preserving and comply with platform privacy guidelines.

Use Cases

• Device Inventory: Track which devices and OS versions are accessing your application
• Version Management: Monitor application version distribution and plan deprecation cycles
• Security Analytics: Correlate security events with device characteristics (e.g., rooted/jailbroken devices, outdated OS versions)
• Incident Response: Investigate incidents by examining device configuration at the time of the event
• User Experience: Optimize app performance for common device configurations
• Compliance Reporting: Generate device usage reports for security audits

Data Retention

Device information is retained for approximately 60 days (2 months) using time-based partitioning. Older data is automatically purged to comply with data minimization principles.

Support Matrix

How to Enable the Control

Navigate to Device Settings from the AppTego portal, and expand the Telemetry And Analytics section. Under this section you will find the Store Device Information control. Click Enable to enable it for the next build or for it to be applied with a live push (if enabled).

API Configuration Example

{
  "StoreDeviceInformation": {
    "protection": true
  }
}

Configuration

This control is enabled or disabled at the tenant level. When disabled:

• Device information is not collected or transmitted
• Storage and analytics features relying on device metadata are unavailable

Contact your MobileDefender administrator to enable this control.