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cbvivere
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

Privacy Amongst Viewers of Data for sharing files

My colleague who is the Admin for the Dropbox account provided me edit rights.  I was asked to share files with outside constituents and am now concerned that each of these outside members/viewers can actually see one another and their respective email addresses.  Please advise asap.

 

Thank You,

 

Chris

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    10 months ago

    Hi cbvivere, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Could you confirm exactly how you're sharing files with other people?

     

    Are you sharing files and folders directly, sharing links to these files or folders, creating Dropbox Transfer links, or some other method?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

    • cbvivere's avatar
      cbvivere
      New member | Level 2
      10 months ago

      Per the screenshot below, I went to the Share drop-down menu and clicked Share with Dropbox. I then chose View rights only.

       

      Thank You,

       

      Chris

       

       

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
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        10 months ago

        Hey cbvivere, did you invite these users with their email addresses? Or just copied a link to the folder and sent them the link?

         

        If you invited them, they'll be able to see each other, that's correct.

         

        Through the link, they won't.

         

        I hope this clarifies!

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