Myth # 39: Technical Debt is the Developer's Problem. They caused it, so they should fix it on their own time.
The Product Owner should be kept informed of Technical Debt by the Scrum Team and should add fixes for Technical Debt to the Product Backlog and order it along with new features.
Teams should consider enhancements to their Definition of Done to reduce the accumulation of new technical debt.
Developers should inform the Product Owner of any technical debt to ensure that fixes for Technical Debt are added to the Product Backlog.