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Microsoft OneNote privacy rating
Microsoft's note-taking app that organizes typed, handwritten and audio notes in notebooks, sections and pages, synced through OneDrive. Free with a Microsoft account and included in Microsoft 365.
Summary
Microsoft OneNote scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) on the notes criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 30 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Exodus finds HockeyApp, App Center Crashes and OpenTelemetry in the Android app, and Office apps send required diagnostic data to Microsoft by default.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
No ads in OneNote, and the privacy statement says personal files and documents are not used to target ads.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
OneNote is covered by independent Office 365 SOC 2 Type 2 audits, but the reports are only available to signed-in Microsoft 365 customers.