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GDPR Compliance for Personal / Free Accounts
Hi,
I work with various charities in the UK who often use free Dropbox accounts to share files for boards of trustees, teams etc.
There is some confusion as to whether the GDPR compliance steps that Dropbox have made apply to these accounts or only to those on Dropbox Business.
Could this be clarified please?
I work with various charities in the UK who often use free Dropbox accounts to share files for boards of trustees, teams etc.
There is some confusion as to whether the GDPR compliance steps that Dropbox have made apply to these accounts or only to those on Dropbox Business.
Could this be clarified please?
- Hi Tom
As somebody in the UK the biggest thing you need to make sure is that the end users whos data is being stored is aware of it being stored AND that it is stored outside of the EU. Same goes if they email things in they need to know where those email servers are (e.g. Office365 = USA etc.).
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So is this likely to change or are we all going to need to cancel our subscriptions please ? I pay for Dropbox already but not business as I am a one man band photography business. I don't need all that extra storage. I just need enough to transfer images. I will need to find somebody else if I can't show a DPA.
Dropbox does not guarantee that they store the data of business customers in Europe. I asked and they said that if I have 250 users I can negotiate it :-(
But that is not a requirement for de GDPR, but you do need to inform your customers that the data can be stored in the US (which is of course something not everybody will like given how the US government gets access to data).
nicolabisseker wrote:So is this likely to change or are we all going to need to cancel our subscriptions please ? I pay for Dropbox already but not business as I am a one man band photography business. I don't need all that extra storage. I just need enough to transfer images. I will need to find somebody else if I can't show a DPA.
It seems so - you will need one of the business accounts where a DPA is available. However, if you are already paying - it might be that the business accounts might not be much more than you already paying and you could upgrade?
Hello
I can't see if you have answered this before:
In our organisation we use DropBox to store personal information (ordinary and more sensitive information).
I think that with should have a DPA with DropBox in order to assure compliance with the GDPR?
I hope to get an answer asap.
Br
- Mark
Super User II
Safe Harbor has not been applicable for three years, now it is the Privacy Shield that regulates relations between the US and the EU. Your answers confuse users
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I run a small dance school and just want to share files with the parents of the students. None of it passes on personal data. BUT sharing files means that everyone can see everyone elses email address. Is there a way to turn this off? I sure can't find a way and I am pretty sure that will make it non GDPR compliant for me.
Are there other systems than Dropbox that file sharing can take place?
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
- Jane
