{
  "slug": "notion",
  "name": "Notion",
  "maker": "Notion",
  "category": "notes",
  "verdict": "n",
  "answer": "No. Notion can read your pages. They're encrypted on the way and on Notion's servers, but Notion holds the keys.",
  "title": "Is Notion encrypted? Who can read your pages",
  "description": "Notion can read your pages. They're encrypted on the way and on Notion's servers, but Notion holds the keys. Checked at the source.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "note",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Notion can read it",
      "note": "Encrypted on the way and at rest, with keys Notion manages.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        4
      ],
      "label": "Your notes and docs"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Notion can read it",
      "note": "Pages you share or publish are stored the same way.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Shared with others"
    },
    {
      "key": "pq",
      "status": "x",
      "words": "Not yet",
      "note": "No post-quantum protection announced as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Post-quantum"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Notion holds the keys to your pages.",
  "can_see": "Your pages and files themselves, though Notion says its support team opens them only after you grant access, for 28 days by default.",
  "business": "On business plans, some Enterprise customers can supply their own encryption key in an early beta, but Notion's servers still use that key to open their pages.",
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": null,
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "can-notion-employees-read-my-pages",
      "q": "Can Notion employees read my pages?",
      "a": "Notion says its support team only looks at your account or workspace to fix a problem or recover content, after you contact them and turn on access [2]. That access ends after 28 days by default, and support asks before each action [2]. Notion says every employee and contractor signs non-disclosure terms [3].\n\nThat is a promise about access, not a lock: Notion holds the keys to your pages [1]."
    },
    {
      "id": "is-notion-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "q": "Is Notion end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "No. Notion says your data is encrypted on the way and at rest, with keys it rotates regularly [1]. No end-to-end encryption announced as of 25 October 2026.\n\nIts business option to bring your own key, in early beta for some Enterprise customers, still has Notion use that key to encrypt and open workspace data [4]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Notion Security & Compliance",
      "publisher": "Notion",
      "url": "https://www.notion.com/security",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Data access consent in Notion (Notion Help)",
      "publisher": "Notion",
      "url": "https://www.notion.com/help/data-access-consent",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Privacy practices at Notion (Notion Help)",
      "publisher": "Notion",
      "url": "https://www.notion.com/help/privacy",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Notion Enterprise security provisions (Notion Help)",
      "publisher": "Notion",
      "url": "https://www.notion.com/help/guides/notion-enterprise-security-provisions",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "google-docs",
    "microsoft-word",
    "apple-notes",
    "google-keep"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/notion/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}