Notes are just that, notes, they are extension of my thoughts and thinking process, no company can own those, so no, i have not discuss that with any company i have worked with, but to give more context, im not storing anything sensational there (code snippets, ideas, bash oneliners, config snippets, screenshots sometimes, links to various things etc... )
Its just a helper tool for me to get job done, and that is what matters most i think.
Another thing, after some time amount of "knowlegde" piles up really nicely, so the other day i needed some selinux magic for example. Few years ago i have worked with it, but over time i have forgot number of smaller details. So i reach org file called selinux.org where i have captured lots of details - notes if you like, on how whole damn thing works.. in a few hours i was already "productive" and with few extra ideas.. you get the idea..
Did you check with your company that the storing of work related notes was allowed in your private repo?