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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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*'''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> | *'''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=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> | *'''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=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}}</ref> | *'''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=== | ||