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# CNAuthorizationStatus

An authorization status the user can grant for an app to access the specified entity type.

```
enum CNAuthorizationStatus
```

## Topics

### Authorization statuses

[`CNAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined`](/documentation/Contacts/CNAuthorizationStatus/notDetermined)

The user has not yet made a choice regarding whether the application may access contact data.

[`CNAuthorizationStatusRestricted`](/documentation/Contacts/CNAuthorizationStatus/restricted)

The application is not authorized to access contact data. The user cannot change this application’s status, possibly due to active restrictions such as parental controls being in place.

[`CNAuthorizationStatusDenied`](/documentation/Contacts/CNAuthorizationStatus/denied)

The user explicitly denied access to contact data for the application.

[`CNAuthorizationStatusAuthorized`](/documentation/Contacts/CNAuthorizationStatus/authorized)

The application is authorized to access contact data.

[`CNAuthorizationStatusLimited`](/documentation/Contacts/CNAuthorizationStatus/limited)

The app has access to a limited subset of contacts, chosen by the person using
the app.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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