Evernote is testing out machine learning algorithms on all the reams of content it has accumulated over the past eight years. But when it announced this move with a new privacy policy that goes into effect January 24, 2017, the company also pointed out something that many users hadn’t realized: Evernote staffers will sometimes look at the content of your notes.
There are actually a number of perfectly good reasons why Evernote employees might need to read note content, and they are explained clearly in Evernote’s Privacy Policy. These include complying with a lawful court order, investigating whether there has been a violation of the Terms of Service, and “protect[ing] against potential spam, malware or other security concerns.”
