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Re: Dropbox exposes personal details of viewers of publicly shared Paper documents

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Why is it a GDPR breach when a Dropbox screen clearly explains to the user clicking the link that other users will see your details if you proceed? (Just curious, it may well be an issue, I just don’t know how).

If I understand correctly this warning/explanation only appears for the user sharing the document, not for anyone else who opened it(and whose information is still embedded).

That’s not correct. Unless there’s been a temporary regression then the warning explicitly happens for the person opening the document (the person you have shared it with)

Re: Dropbox exposes personal details of viewers of publicly shared Paper documents

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Then what is the reason for websites asking me to accept? Some websites also offer me the ability to select/deselect some cookies, but cannot deselect "necessary" cookies. There are websites that do not function until I accept. Some sites explicitly state this, and they do ask me to accept/consent. Example: https://edigital.sk On the right, you will see a down-arrow, click on that. You can clearly see the first check…

I am not seeing anything on your example. But necessary cookies are things without the site can not function (like logging in). I suppose most of the time the box is there to allow you to consent to additional cookies as well. There are also a lot of broken implementations out there.

Found another one: https://www.technorms.com

You must click on "Continue with Recommended Cookies", or you cannot use the site (you could use uBlock to block the element, but that is besides the point).

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