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GDPR Compliance for Personal / Free Accounts
Hi, I work with various charities in the UK who often use free Dropbox accounts to share files for boards of trustees, teams etc. There is some confusion as to whether the GDPR compliance steps ...
- Hi Tom
As somebody in the UK the biggest thing you need to make sure is that the end users whos data is being stored is aware of it being stored AND that it is stored outside of the EU. Same goes if they email things in they need to know where those email servers are (e.g. Office365 = USA etc.).
I'm really confused about all that GDPR stuff...Dropbox said they comply, but for any other big site I have a full cookie consent - not just telling me that if I continue using the site I agree with everything! I have specifically to agree - for example I may choose I don't want to be tracked by pixels, analytics and so on, but to accept only cookies, needed for site functionality.
Then, when I login my account I don't have any GDPR agreement to accept, nothing!
I can't see where to manage what information I allow to be shared?
Could you someone explain this, maybe from Dropbox stuff....
Thanks!
Yes it is confusing, but cookies is a seperate issue from what is discussed here. Yes Dropbox should warn you if they use them but if they don't, that is their responsibility.
But if you run a business and you store personal data on a platform such as Dropbox, you need a Data Processing Agreement. Dropbox apprently likes its large customers better than the small ones, as they only offer it if you take a Business Account with a minimum of 3 users. So everybody else should move the personal data away from Dropbox, else your company does not comply with de GDPR.
Yes, Dropbox states that they comply to the regulations, what they mean is that if you are a private customer they comply. But if you are a small business users and you can't afford to buy a Business Account with 3 users for 30 euro a month, then Dropbox free and Personal accounts don't comply.
