If you use #GoogleDrive, you are also allowing Google to do whatever they want with your files: they can read them, copy them, give them to anyone else, make derivative works, even publish them online without your permission (see attached screenshot). #DropBox is similar.

In other words, private files uploaded to Google Drive are no longer private.

You might want to try #privacy aware #NextCloud instead, which actually lets you control who gets to see/use your stuff:

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-dropbox-google-drive-and-google-docs/

@switchingsocial Where is the evidence that #dropbox can post your stuff online, please?

@johnribbon @switchingsocial Yes please, a cursory read of their ToS and PP did not allow me to find such evidence.

@yac @johnribbon

Dropbox's terms of service are very vague. Perhaps they are trying to make them easier to read, but the effect is to obscure what they say.

However, they do seem to suggest that they can share your files with whoever they want (first attachment) and the original wording for these terms was almost identical to Google Drive's (second attachment).

Basic problem is Google/Dropbox have aggressive and expensive legal teams protecting their interests, while customers don't.

@switchingsocial @johnribbon The requirements for plain English phrasing does not prevent them from being accurate. Vague and "relaxed" wording is typical in T&C coming from US or UK.