How to prevent employees to read your Evernote notes

Today, the record appeared in Evernote blog that since January 23, 2017 authorized employees the company will be able to view your notes in order to ensure the efficiency of the machine recommendations intelligence. Of course, users of the service have rebelled, with so much that had to be explained to Chris O'Neill (Chris O'Neill).

CEO Evernote apologized for not sufficiently detailed explanation of the new privacy policy. Then he assured that the company is developing a service with a single purpose: to help users be more productive.

For this plan to use machine learning, which in time will save people from unnecessary work, such as manually create lists or drawing up the route. But until the computer has learned to take the right decision, programmers must control his actions. This will require spot checks, which will show whether the technology works right.

The list of employees Evernote, which have access to user data, severely limited. All engineers have been instructed about the safety and privacy of others. Moreover, the inspectors will see occasional snippets of information, and will not know who they belong to.

How do I prevent Evernote to read notes

However, not all users have cooled down after such an explanation. If you found them inconclusive, we give a simple recipe as surely strike himself out of checks.

Go to the web-based Evernote and open the "Account Settings." Switch to tab "Personal Settings" and scroll down to the end. There you will see the subsection "Superior Service", which is necessary to remove the checkbox next to "Allow Evernote to use my data to improve the quality of service."

Recall that this year Evernote users has caused a negative reaction. In the summer of increased rates, which is why subscribers are thinking about alternatives. Options proved enough, you can see them here and here. And if you decide to move, be sure to delete all entries, empty the recycle bin or deactivate the account that probably will not give herself to read.