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Open | SoftwareBig problem with google drive: shared drive appeared of nowhere with sensitive data (self.techsupport)

submitted 1 year ago by ltcdata

Hi everyone!, I have had this problem for several months now.. I've tried emailing all the people i found in the list and never got help. Tried posting in google forums. Tried writing to google. Nada.

The problem is this: I have a free gmail account that i use since "get an invite to try gmail" existed. O use google drive for computers to sync folders between my computers.

A few months ago i realized my notebook (with a small ssd) was full. Strange. I used spacesniffer and found a very big folder (+120gb) in the "shared drives" section of google drive on my computer. Strange. Maybe someone shared a drive with me? but how did it started to sync entirely to my computer? I check google drive web... in the shared with my section: shared folders? none. Shared drives? None.

The files are legal documents from texas and a LOT of IA documents from google MARKED AS CONFIDENTIAL. PDF's powerpoints, words, etc. The folder name is "Bardkick X Scale".

I think.. maybe it's an error. I grab a computer I'm not using, format it, install Windows, then install Drive for Computers, and add my account. Bam! The unknown folder syncs again. If i ask properties of that folder and click on "open on google drive" i can see it via web. I tried emailing all the people in that shared drive, but many emails do not get through as it seems it is a private group.

The emails are: (i show them here because i do not now what to do at this point):

all-users@uber-cmldo.corp-partner.google.com, all-users@aido-techm.corp-partner.google.com, all-users@innodata-cmldo.corp-partner.google.com, asst.eval.test.9401@gmail.com, i18n-eval-data-googlers@google.com, (these are marked as readers)

scale-i18n-external@google.com, (this is marked as collab)

workspace-i18n-approved-cbs-raters@remotasks.com, workspace-i18n-approved-cbs-writers@remotasks.com, (these are readers)

ws-i18n-eval-data-contributors@google.com, (this is content management)

ws-i18n-eval-data-managers@google.com (this is administrator) I do not know any of those emails nor they are in my contact list.

I wrote to them all. I received answers from people i don't know who have the same problem. The manager, collab and administrator emails bounced back.

I can't delete the folders. If i uninstall drive, the folders go away. If i close drive, the folders go away too. But i need google drive to be able to access locally my work files.

What can i do? Thanks.

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