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mu7
6 months agoNew member | Level 2
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...
mu7
6 months agoNew member | Level 2
Don't you think such an important thing should have been put to my attention more clearly? I don't remember I have been warned about this. My issue is a nightmare at the moment. The team member deleted the files, but she can't delete them entirely from "Deleted items" folder as she doesn't have permission either. All my privacy is in the hands of other people. Begging people to remove my sensitive material to be deleted. Nice work, thank you!
Mark
Super User II
6 months agomu7 wrote:Don't you think such an important thing should have been put to my attention more clearly
You literally have to almost force it to use the current email as part of the onboarding. Dropbox tries to tell you to use a new one if you already have an account.
Unfortunately (as we all do... I am the same!) very few people actually read these prompts and just hit next/next/next.
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