“To provide these and other features, Dropbox accesses, stores, and scans Your Stuff.”
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Users' stored content is not merely held passively; Dropbox actively accesses and scans it as part of service operation.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references 'these and other features' without specifying what the other features are; the canonical claim captures the stated purpose at the level of generality the text supports.
Content you store in Dropbox is subject to access, storage, and scanning by Dropbox.
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"To provide these and other features, Dropbox accesses, stores, and scans Your Stuff.Excerpt from Dropbox's Terms of Service
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Users' stored content is not merely held passively; Dropbox actively accesses and scans it as part of service operation.
Content you store in Dropbox is subject to access, storage, and scanning by Dropbox.
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