Granola Exposes Notes Publicly By Default
On April 2, 2026, reporting shows Granola, an AI meeting-notes app, makes notes viewable to "anyone with the link" by default and uses non-enterprise users' notes to train internal AI models unless they opt out. The app stores notes on US-hosted AWS and encrypts them in transit and at rest, and users are advised to change default link-sharing and toggle off data-training to protect sensitive meeting content.
Key Points
- 1Makes notes publicly accessible by link by default, allowing unauthenticated viewing of note content.
- 2Uses user notes for internal AI training unless users opt out, with enterprise plans opted out automatically.
- 3Requires practitioners to change default link-sharing and opt-out settings to protect sensitive meeting data.
Scoring Rationale
Timely, actionable privacy disclosure with clear user remediation steps. Scored for moderate novelty and industry relevance; reduced slightly for single-source reporting and limited technical detail, though reputable reporting and clear impact raise the score.
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