| Level C
Service may also collect and/or disclose information to third parties such as advertisers and business partners. Service provider may also unilaterally change the licensing, terms of usage or privacy settings. For example grading information and evaluation, research plans, development information, personal information (PII), financial information (e.g. business or other IPR) and information containing archiving responsibilities are not suitable for level C services. University's has no ability or legal mandate to manage the stored information in case of any problem situations. Such cases can be for example employers death or service provider's bankruptcy. NB! Classifications in Cloud Guide pages concern only so-called consumer services, cloud services personally adopted by the user. The services adopted by the University (possibly with a separate agreement) may have different implementation and terms of use. |
DropBox
DropBox is a file sharing service that automatically synchronizes files from user’s computers and other devices for file backup, access and sharing. In addition to sharing files Dropbox can be used simply for saving files. DropBox supports several platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, and some other mobile platforms.Please note that the service is primarily intended for consumer use. As there is no support for the service, information cannot be recovered in case when a specific person is enable to log in to the service in case of an illness etc. Thus, there is a risk of losing a considerable amount of information.
Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
https://www.dropbox.com/privacy#terms
https://www.dropbox.com/privacy
Evaluation (24.1.2014)
Dropbox folders linked to a desktop computer client will contain copies of the uploaded files. Dropbox applies encryption to the files after they have been uploaded and manages the encryption keys but users who wish to manage their own encryption keys and/or increase the level of security can apply encryption before placing files in their Dropbox. A possible encryption service is Boxcryptor. Other possible options are Truecrypt, GNU-Pgp or 7zip + AES encryption. When encrypting files before uploading them, some Dropbox features will not be available, such as creating public links.
+ The user reserves the ownership to the uploaded files and information
+ Dropbox does not have the right to use the uploaded files and information except when it is needed to run the service
+ Material changes to the terms of use or to the privacy policy will be notified to the user e.g. by e-mail
+ Dropbox provides the users with a transparency report regrading user information requests by law enforcement at https://www.dropbox.com/transparency.
+ A "freemium" business model. Basic version of the service is free-of-charge while more space can be purchased for a fee.
+ Dropbox does not sell personal information regarding the use to third parties.
+/- When monitoring the use of the service Dropbox uses Google Analytics. Kindly note opting-out is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
- Dropbox collects a large amount of personal information regarding the users (e.g.log data, such as IP address, browser type, the web page visited before the user came to the website, cookies)
- Dropbox may correlate log data and cookies with personal information
- There have been information security problems with the service
Login
With a service registration
Support
https://www.dropbox.com/support/login
Provider
Dropbox Inc., USA
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