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Ash Dan
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Unauthorised access to a folder I have shared with others

Dear All,  I had shared a folder of my Dropbox (basic) with 2 people (I may have given them a full control by mistake). Later, I realised that folder has been shared with a third person. I would li...
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Ash Dan's avatar
Ash Dan
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
Hi Jay, it is not unfortunate and I undestand. But is there any way to do if I pay all the required cost to get the activity log? Or go through a business plan with start date back to before incident dat? This matter is highly important affecting my life.
Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you
Ash
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Jay
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3 years ago

Upgrading to a paid plan isn't retroactive, so you won't be able to get any information on who shared the folder prior to the team creation.

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