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alee007
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How secure are my files on Dropbox and can they be accessed by the employees?
Is my content physically accessable by dropbox and how can i be assure that my data is safe and caanot be leaked or shared ?
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- Nancy2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for your post, alee007.
Rest assured that Dropbox employees can’t access your files or see their contents.
As for your security concern, you can see more details here and here on how Dropbox keeps your files secure.
Let me know if I can be of more help, though.
- Maqali2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Does dropbox team physically look into content in the account? What is the surety that my content is secure ?
- Rich2 years ago
Super User II
Maqali wrote:
Does dropbox team physically look into content in the account? What is the surety that my content is secure ?You can find that information in the Privacy Policy and Terms.
- Maqali2 years agoNew member | Level 2That information is not clear or doesnot clarify.
- Maqali2 years agoNew member | Level 2If an account is disabled, the content is removed or it stays there?
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
Nancy wrote:
Rest assured that Dropbox employees can’t access your files or see their contents.
That is technically not correct. Dropbox can access your files if they need to (for example for legal reasons) as per this help article.
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
Maqali wrote:
If an account is disabled, the content is removed or it stays there?If removed by Dropbox data would be removed if there was no legal reasons to keep it (for example law enforcement action).
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
Have a look at this article.
- Maqali2 years agoNew member | Level 2So, it means in some cases they have access to anyone’s files and that is the breach to private data of the users. Is this the secure platform yet?
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
They have access to users data, as does most cloud providers if we are honest where required to by law (i.e. if a court orders it).
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