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This clause establishes the operational foundation for Dropbox's service delivery by granting the technical permissions required to perform hosting, data processing, and feature generation. Without this license, Dropbox could not execute the primary functions users rely on, including backup operations and content sharing.
Users grant Dropbox a broad license to access and process their stored content across multiple service features and to engage third-party providers in that processing. The authorization covers both routine operations (hosting and backup) and value-added features (OCR, thumbnails, search indexing).
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"We need your permission to do things like hosting Your Stuff, backing it up, and sharing it when you ask us to. Our Services also provide you with features like commenting, sharing, searching, image thumbnails, document previews, optical character recognition (OCR), easy sorting and organization, and personalization to help reduce busywork. To provide these and other features, Dropbox accesses, stores, and scans Your Stuff. You give us permission to do those things, and this permission extends to our affiliates and trusted third parties we work with.— Excerpt from Dropbox's Dropbox Terms of Service
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This clause establishes the operational foundation for Dropbox's service delivery by granting the technical permissions required to perform hosting, data processing, and feature generation. Without this license, Dropbox could not execute the primary functions users rely on, including backup operations and content sharing.
Users grant Dropbox a broad license to access and process their stored content across multiple service features and to engage third-party providers in that processing. The authorization covers both routine operations (hosting and backup) and value-added features (OCR, thumbnails, search indexing).
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