No, not normally. Notion doesn't need your camera, mic, screen recording, accessibility, or full disk access for notes and docs. It should be absent from your sensitive privacy lists — finding it there would be unexpected. To check on your Mac, open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and review the Camera, Microphone, Screen & System Audio Recording, Accessibility, and Full Disk Access lists for Notion.
Notes & Docs
No, not normally. Notion doesn't need your camera, mic, screen recording, accessibility, or full disk access for notes and docs. It should be absent from your sensitive privacy lists — finding it there would be unexpected.
“Used” = needed for a core feature · “Optional” = only for a specific feature · “No” = not normally requested
Notion edits and syncs documents, which doesn't require macOS privacy permissions. It mainly uses notifications.
Notion having no need for these permissions makes it a good baseline: if it shows up in Screen Recording or Accessibility, double-check it's the official app.
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