Technical Support Forum

Greets,

Sorry to hear of the confusion!

It's important to note that item access restrictions changes can only be done by your account. The site never changes privacy settings on it's own, nor can anyone other than the author change their item privacy settings.

All item edits are logged via the "Item Edit Logs" area. That includes changes to access restriction levels via most all ways of being able to change access settings.

For item edits to all items in your the whole portfolio, this is accessible via the "Portfolio" -> "Item Edit Logs" link.

For individual items or folders, this is accessible via the Item's tools (gear icon) as "Edit Logs".

In terms of account security...

You can view logins to your account from your "My Account" -> "Account Info" -> "View Login History". Make sure you recognize the times, etc for the logins.

If you have any doubts, it's always best to change your password via the "My Account" -> "Change Password" link.


Aside from that, I can only reassure here that neither the site itself nor site staff nor site moderators changed any access settings in your portfolio. From there, the tools above will hopefully help you figure out who has access to your account, or a device where you've logged into your account.

Best,
~~SM


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