
This means any user can access or edit them without your permission. For your employees to collaborate using the web, you require a cloud solution that allows you to set appropriate access levels for each of your users. You can’t set specific viewing, editing, or sharing permissions for your employees, - nor can you lock files.Here are 7 reasons why Dropbox isn’t safe for your business: This is unfortunate because these companies are putting their data at risk in a public cloud where millions of others store their data. However, because so many people use Dropbox for personal use, it has made its way into the office. I hope this information helps to some extent, Edwin, and please let me know if you have any more questions.Although you may be using it at home to store your family photos and other files, Dropbox isn’t a safe solution for your business. Just note that, for now, the ability to store files on our European infrastructure is available only to European Dropbox Business, Enterprise, and Education customers with 15+ seats (licenses). Regardless of the regulatory situation, we are in the process of deploying infrastructure in Germany in Q3, which will give business customers more choice about where their data is stored. In the meantime we have alternative legal mechanisms in place, including Data Processing Agreements with Model Contract Clauses, that enable customers to continue to use our cloud services. We look forward to further guidance from the European Commission and, ultimately, to the establishment of a new framework. We appreciate the hard work of the US and European negotiators on the new "Privacy Shield" agreement while we also respect the work of Europe's data protection authorities and trust that their concerns can be successfully resolved. While it would be preferable to have your client reach out to our support team for more information on this, allow me to provide you with some additional information.Īs you probably know, Dropbox has always been committed to upholding the security and privacy of customer data, and strives to uphold industry leading privacy practices. Hi welcome aboard and thanks for joining our discussion here.
