I'll preface this by saying that I LOVE Dropbox. The ability to store my data in the cloud, sync it to all of the computers I use, and avoid the hassle of FTP or big email files with my clients has made my life incredibly easy. That being said, Dropbox recently updated it's Terms of Service, and it included some REALLY scary language about ownership of data that everyone that uses the service should probably be aware of.
"By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent reasonably necessary for the Service."
They've since added some clarifying language, but this still scares the hell out of me! The fact, nay, the mere concept of the fact that I don't "own" my data is incredibly disturbing. Is it time to find a provider that better values our privacy and ownership needs? Is this something that just looks bad on screen, and is essentially innocuous?
What are your thoughts? Read the whole blog post here.
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