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mu7
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

The team admin could access my private folder when I joined the team

I had a personal Dropbox account for a decade. In the last 2 years, I have been included in a team account. I remember how the system looked skecthy and not reassuring in terms of privacy after joini...
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Jay
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6 months ago

Hi mu7, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

I understand your concern regarding the matter of your privacy within a Dropbox team.

When a person joins a Dropbox team, you get the option to merge your account and files to the team, or to keep your files separate in a different Dropbox account.

As it sounds like you merged the account, this means that the team admin would have access to all your files, as they would technically become the owner of your account.

We do appreciate the feedback on this matter, and we take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.

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