{"id":975,"date":"2020-06-18T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlineprivacyexpert.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2021-02-04T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:04:06","slug":"dropbox-privacy-and-how-to-improve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlineprivacyexpert.com\/dropbox-privacy-and-how-to-improve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox privacy, and how to improve it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dropbox is a popular cloud storage service that allows users to keep all of their data organized in the same place. People use Dropbox to backup all sorts of personal and professional data. While Dropbox provides plenty of convenience and quick access to your data from anywhere there have been certain user privacy-related scandals involving Dropbox. Dropbox has been accused of sharing data about academic users which has raised user privacy concerns for users who use Dropbox, especially for academic uses. While Dropbox claims that the data of the academic users was shared anonymously it still doesn’t satisfy the more privacy-conscious Dropbox users. There are a lot of privacy-related questions in the minds of Dropbox users and here are some commonly asked privacy related questions and their answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf How does Dropbox deal with user privacy?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dropbox handles user privacy with the help of industry-standard data privacy measures including encrypting user data, providing two-factor authentication option to users, putting up firewalls to protect stored user data, and providing strict guidelines for the development of third-party apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf How can you improve your privacy if you use Dropbox?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can improve your Dropbox account privacy by turning on two-factor authentication, managing and remove linked third-party apps, and removing inactive devices from your Dropbox account.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf How can you get information removed from Dropbox?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can delete your Dropbox account to remove all of your Dropbox data.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf How can you find out what information Dropbox has about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can view all of your Dropbox data online and you can also download your data anytime you want.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Does Dropbox tell you who they share your information with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, Dropbox mentions in their privacy policy that they share user data with third-party partners and service providers including marketing partners, customer support, storage service providers, and other similar third parties and legal entities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Does Dropbox remove user information from third parties?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No Dropbox can\u2019t remove your data from third parties it shares user data with.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n