{"id":41299,"date":"2020-09-03T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=7c5b5b23dc244562a5afe7e2bd216ed1"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:14:38","slug":"new-partnership-lets-users-store-facebook-data-on-dropbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/new-partnership-lets-users-store-facebook-data-on-dropbox\/","title":{"rendered":"New partnership lets users store Facebook data on Dropbox"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Sabina Weston<\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
3 Sep, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u200b<\/span>Dropbox<\/a> has\u00a0partnered\u00a0with Facebook<\/a> on a digital transfer project which will allow users to import\u00a0data directly from their social media accounts.<\/p>\n

Starting today, the new integration will help users securely transfer photo and video libraries from Facebook, as well as organise the files in any chosen way.<\/p>\n

The integration also offers customisable privacy settings, and although the imported files will be set as private by default, users can choose to share the albums with others.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the release, Dropbox\u2019s VP of Business Development Jamie Perlman said that the company\u2019s goal was to \u201cprovide products and services that make our users\u2019 digital lives easier and less chaotic, so they can really focus on what matters\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople no longer accept being locked into one service or product, and want the freedom to use the tools they love. We\u2019ll continue to look for ways to seamlessly integrate with best-in-breed products so that we can serve as the connective platform for all of today\u2019s leading productivity tools and devices,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The release of the new integration comes weeks after Facebook called for appropriate legislation to be introduced<\/a> in order to make it easier for users to transfer photos and videos to a competing tech platform.<\/p>\n

In comments sent to the US Federal Trade Commission<\/a> (FTC), Facebook said it planned to improve on its existing\u00a0data portability tools\u00a0\u201cin the coming months\u201d. A hearing on the topic is scheduled for 22 September 2020.<\/p>\n

Currently, Facebook already allows users in the US and Canada to transfer photos and videos to Google Photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in June, Dropbox unveiled several other features<\/a> which aim to help users stay organised while they work from home. The updates included a password manager service called ‘Dropbox Passwords<\/a>‘ and filing system called ‘Dropbox Vault’, as well as an automatic backup service, ‘Computer backup’, which saves Mac and PC folders to Dropbox for secure access on the go. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabina Weston<\/p>\n

3 Sep, 2020 <\/p>\n

\u200bDropbox has\u00a0partnered\u00a0with Facebook on a digital transfer project which will allow users to import\u00a0data directly from their social media accounts.
\nStarting today, the new integration will help …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41300,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299\/revisions\/41300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}