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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
=== Users Privacy Violations (2025) === | ===Users Privacy Violations (2025)=== | ||
[[File:Locked out.png|thumb|Users report being unable to access notes unless the new Privacy Policy is accepted (October 2025).]] | [[File:Locked out.png|thumb|Users report being unable to access notes unless the new Privacy Policy is accepted (October 2025). Photo taken on an iPhone.]] | ||
Notability updated its [https://notability.com/privacy Privacy Policy] in 2025. Following this change, users reported being unable to access their previously created notes until they accepted the new terms. This included users who purchased the app before it moved to a subscription model in late 2021. Public reports and discussion appear in the following Reddit threads: [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1msjoi7/has_anyone_read_the_updated_privacy_policy/ 1], [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1my5fe2/read_the_privacy_policy_and_now_deleting_account/ 2], [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1mabkou/notabilitys_new_privacy_policy_ai_and_voice_notes/ 3]. | Notability updated its [https://notability.com/privacy Privacy Policy] in 2025. Following this change, users reported being unable to access their previously created notes until they accepted the new terms. This included users who purchased the app before it moved to a subscription model in late 2021. Public reports and discussion appear in the following Reddit threads: [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1msjoi7/has_anyone_read_the_updated_privacy_policy/ 1], [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1my5fe2/read_the_privacy_policy_and_now_deleting_account/ 2], [https://www.reddit.com/r/notabilityapp/comments/1mabkou/notabilitys_new_privacy_policy_ai_and_voice_notes/ 3]. | ||
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These concerns have led users to question whether continued access to local notes should depend on accepting terms that permit external processing and storage of private content. Requests for clearer boundaries and data segregation remain ongoing across public forums and support channels. | These concerns have led users to question whether continued access to local notes should depend on accepting terms that permit external processing and storage of private content. Requests for clearer boundaries and data segregation remain ongoing across public forums and support channels. | ||
=== Policy change timeline === | ===Policy change timeline=== | ||
* '''Before July 2025''': Notability’s privacy policy did '''not''' list handwritten notes or personal documents as data the company may collect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Oct 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url= | *'''Before July 2025''': Notability’s privacy policy did '''not''' list handwritten notes or personal documents as data the company may collect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Oct 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://notability.com/privacy |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708111045/https://notability.com/privacy |archive-date=8 Jul 2025 |website=Notability}}</ref> | ||
* '''July 2025 update''': Policy changed to state collection of user-generated content including *“notes, texts, handwritten contents, pictures, documents, and audio recordings synced by you with the Services. <ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Oct 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url= | *'''July 2025 update''': Policy changed to state collection of user-generated content including *“notes, texts, handwritten contents, pictures, documents, and audio recordings synced by you with the Services. <ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Oct 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://notability.com/privacy |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803175314/https://notability.com/privacy |archive-date=3 Aug 2025 |website=Notability}}</ref> | ||
* '''August 11 2025''': Notability Cloud launched, introducing syncing and cloud-based storage. <ref>{{Cite web |date= | *'''August 11 2025''': Notability Cloud launched, introducing syncing and cloud-based storage. <ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Aug 2025 |title=We've Got Big News: Notability Cloud is Here! |url=https://blog.notability.com/post/weve-got-big-news-notability-cloud-is-here |url-status=live |access-date=31 Oct 2025 |website=blog.notability.com |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251114182418/https://blog.notability.com/post/weve-got-big-news-notability-cloud-is-here |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref> | ||
=== Company responses === | ===Company responses=== | ||
[[File:Notability reponding publically.png|thumb|Public replies from Notability state the new policy applies '''only''' to Notability Cloud and does not change access to note content. | [[File:Notability reponding publically.png|thumb|Public replies from Notability state the new policy applies '''only''' to Notability Cloud and does not change access to note content. | ||