Comments on: 50GB of Free Online Storage with ADrive

By: Moki

Moki — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:19:47 +0000

Just some info about ADrive, for what it’s worth:

An LLC located at 1321 67TH ST Emeryville, CA 94608, Agent for Service of Process is Javier Martell. It just so happens that the same address is that of the Corporate Headquarters of Berkeley Communications, [berkcom.com.] Whether this bodes well or not, maybe someone else can dig a little further?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:25:03 +0000

Just signed up for ADrive. Looks pretty nice but I’m kinda annoyed by the 2GB limit. 2GB isn’t enough per file for what I want to upload (backups of large video folders that I put in zip files) and splitting them up is a pain. If they’re going to allow 50GB there’s no reason you can’t upload a 50GB file, it’s stupid that they impose ridiculous restrictions.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:32:17 +0000

From reading the fine print I think they gather a lot of anonymous information then sell it.

I want to make use of their service, but I have reservations regarding the Privacy Policy. Can anyone help me understand?

Dear Frank Sanchez

Thank you for contacting ADrive. We received your email from our support department. Unfortunately, we cannot provide any more information about our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy than what is printed on these pages.

Thanks,
-ADrive Legal Team
Click here for the ADrive Legal Terms – [adrive.com]

From: ADrive Support Team
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:40 PM
To: Frank Sanchez
Cc: ADrive Support
Subject: RE: Question re. Privacy Policy

Thank you for emailing us. However here we take care of technical support for legal questions please email legal-team@adrive.com

Thanks,
-ADrive Support Team
Click here for the ADrive FAQ- [adrive.com]

From: Frank Sanchez [mailto:frankasanchez1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wed 9/3/2008 7:58 PM
To: ADrive Support
Subject: Question re. Privacy Policy

Hello,

I would like to register for your services. I have read, understood, and agree with the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy except for the following points from the Privacy Policy for which I would appreciate clarification.

a. Information Collection and Use. ADrive is the sole owner of the information collected from its Users.

Does Adrive assume ownership of anything I backup or merely assume ownership of what Adrive may derive from from anything I backup?

q. No Warranties. Due to technical, legal and practical limitations, ADrive cannot warrant and does not guarantee, and You should not expect, that all of Your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

What constitutes private communications and other personal information? Is there any present intent by Adrive to disclose these?

I believe ADrive employs good faith policies. Please verify this.

Regards,

Frank Sanchez

By: MarcusBrutus

MarcusBrutus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:08:43 +0000

Domains by proxy are suspicious, I suspect it’s a operation to catch copyright infringement or kiddy porn peddlers. Like what MediaDefender was doing this time last year..

I did a reverse lookup on the domain and came up with this though:

ADrive LLC
PO Box 99530
Emeryville
CA
94662
United States

Network Operations Center
+1-510-652-7505
noc@evocative.com

By: Francis sim

Francis sim — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:28:06 +0000

ADrive does induce more confidence in me compared to many other file storage services. I think this is a keeper for an anti-Microsoft user, at least until I see what Google has to offer for Google Drive.

By: yeshu

yeshu — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:37:41 +0000

[mybloop.com] ofeers unlimited file storage…file size limit is 1gb

By: bparker

bparker — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:32:55 +0000

I hope ADrive does hold up in the long run, and they do plan on releasing “premium storage plans”. Their free 50GB storage space and 2GB file size limit can’t be matched elsewhere.

By: leland

leland — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:44:18 +0000

I’m glad you got around to reviewing this. Sounds like a great service so far. Now to see if it can hold up in the long run. I hope so, I get tired of seeing services like this come and go.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:19:58 +0000

I understand that some of you are concerned about ADrive not being able to make it since they don’t seem to have a great business model, but there aren’t too many places out there that you can store files that are 2GB in size. I wouldn’t use it to backup all of my files anyway since it only has a web interface available, but it is great for sharing those large files with friends and family.

For example, lets say you go on vacation and have a few hundred pictures and videos you want to send people. You can’t exactly email them unless you do it a few at a time, but this way you can ZIP them all up and email the link to everyone.

By: onlineapps

onlineapps — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:59:58 +0000

Bamboo’s right. I don’t want to put all my info up there just to see it get stolen or get charged to access it. I’ll just stick with Dreamhost’s 500GB (and counting, since they add space every so often)