Source-backed from Dropbox Privacy Policy (effective May 30, 2025)
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Privacy Snapshot
What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each.
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Location1 finding
Contacts1 finding
Tracking4 findings
Advertising & Profiling5 findings
Sharing8 findings
Controls & Permissions11 findings
Other4 findings
3 findings, in full
The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.
SharingNo direct settingDropbox may share information but says it won’t sell it
Why this matters
It tells you where Dropbox draws the line between sharing and selling your information.
What this means
Dropbox says it may share information in the ways its policy describes, but that it won’t sell it to advertisers or other third parties.
Dropbox says it may share information as its policy describes, but it won’t sell it to advertisers or other third parties.
What the policy says
We may share information as discussed below, but we won’t sell it to advertisers or other third parties.
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What you can do
No setting found that directly changes this practice.
In the Dropbox documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.
A broader option is available
Dropbox's policy says that, depending on the processing activity, you can request that it stop or limit processing of your personal data.
That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.
ContactsNo direct settingIf you give Dropbox contact access, it stores your contacts
Why this matters
Your contacts’ details are kept by Dropbox once you grant access.
What this means
Dropbox says you may choose to give it access to your contacts so you can share, collaborate and invite others, and that if you do, it stores those contacts on its servers.
Dropbox says you may choose to give it access to your contacts, and that if you do, it stores those contacts on its servers.
What the policy says
You may choose to give us access to your contacts to make it easy for you, and your Dropbox Team if you’re a Dropbox Team user, to do things like share and collaborate on Your Stuff, send messages, and invite others to use the Services. If you do, we’ll store those contacts on our servers.
From Dropbox Privacy Policy (effective May 30, 2025)
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What you can do
No setting found that directly changes this practice.
In the Dropbox documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.
A broader option is available
Dropbox's policy says you can request that your personal data be deleted.
That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.
Advertising & ProfilingNo direct settingWork email, teams, collaboration: Dropbox may suggest you to others
Why this matters
People you have not shared with may see you suggested as a collaborator.
What this means
Dropbox says that if you register with an email address on your employer’s or organization’s domain, join a Dropbox Team or collaborate with other users, it may suggest you or your team as a potential collaborator to other users or teams.
Dropbox says that if you register with an email address on your employer's domain, join a Dropbox Team or collaborate with other users, it may suggest you or your team as a potential collaborator to other users or teams.
What the policy says
If you register your Dropbox account with an email address on a domain owned by your employer or organization, join a Dropbox Team, or collaborate with other Dropbox users, we may suggest you or your team as a potential collaborator to other users or teams. For example, if you interact with a person at a company, and that person frequently works with one of their coworkers, we may suggest you as a potential collaborator for that coworker.
From Dropbox Privacy Policy (effective May 30, 2025)
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What you can do
No setting found that directly changes this practice.
In the Dropbox documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.
A broader option is available
Dropbox's policy says that, depending on the processing activity, you can request that it stop or limit processing of your personal data.
That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.
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