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eladioroos78
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
My Dropbox Account has been suspended and my team cannot access to my shared folder
Dear Dropbox Community,
I am writing to seek assistance regarding the suspension of my Dropbox account. Recently, my Dropbox administrator suspended my account, resulting in all the files that ...
- 2 years ago
Sadly, there isnt. Dropbox will only (and rightfully if we are being honest here) talk to people who are authorised to discuss the account etc. They cannot talk to people who are not part of it morally or legally - after all you were removed and as far as they are concerned that is the end of it. You could have been removed for any reason. Its no different to if you left the company and everything was on an internal shared drive or folder - they are not able to give you the info.
Have you offered to go in to the company and try and troubleshoot with them? If that doesnt work and you are being badmouthed by the company legal action is your only solution. Dropbox is not, at all, able to assist now. If they did the company itself would, very rightly, have good grounds for legal action itself.
eladioroos78
Explorer | Level 3
Hi Jay,
Thank you for your prompt response.
According to the automated message sent by Dropbox, my account was suspended by my administrator, and I have not received any notification of my account being deleted. All my files started to be deleted from my computer as soon as I received that notification. What's even more concerning is that all the shared folders I created were removed from all computers of the members with whom I shared those folders, most likely due to my account suspension.
Currently, my Dropbox administrator is accusing me to delete those files when I did not take any such action. This situation is causing me a great deal of concern, and I'm uncertain of how to proceed. Can you please provide me with any guidance or support to address this issue?
Jay
2 years agoDropbox Staff
If your account has been suspended by the team admin, there is nothing you can do to reactivate it, since you're only a team member.
Only the team admin can reactivate your account from their end using the steps I previously mentioned in my earlier post.
- eladioroos782 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Jay,
Thank you once again for your prompt responses.
I totally understand. But in my case, I do not intend to have my Dropbox account reactivated, what I would like is for other team members to have access to the folders and files that I have created. But due to the suspension of my Dropbox account, all those folders disappeared from the computers of the other team members.
Is there a way to keep those folders accessible without needing to reactivate my Dropbox account?
Eladio
- Megan2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi eladioroos78, based on what you mentioned about your suspension, it sounds like the admin that suspended you chose to delete files from any devices you may be signed into.
In this case, the best thing they can do is contact our support directly since they're on a paid team, in order for our agents to see what they can do, in order to retrieve any missing files.
- eladioroos782 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Dear Megan,
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I cannot contact Technical Support because my business account has been suspended. I have tried to find a way to contact Technical Support using my personal account, but I have not been successful in doing so.
Regarding the accusations made by my employer, I strongly believe that the files have not been deleted. They were only removed from the computers of the users with whom I shared those files (which was the entire organization) when my account was suspended. I would like to request guidance on how to request an audit in the Dropbox History to clear up all of these misunderstandings.
Can you please advise me on the best way to proceed and speak directly with Technical Support?
Thank you for your help and support during this difficult time.
Best regards,
Eladio
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