Can developers read Address Book Notes?

Hope someone can help. When allowing an app to read your iOS address book, can the developers read your notes? Or do they only have access to names and emails/phone numbers? There can be a lot of information stored in Address Book such as anniversaries, birthdays, home and work address etc. Is this all open to developers to record? Thanks in advance.

For anyone wondering, it appears developers have access to "everything" in your address book. This includes the Notes section and any birthdays and other important dates you have setup in Address Book.
It would seem logical for Apple to provide safeguards to protect parts of the address book from Developers. Perhaps the ability to restrict them to only phone numbers. Surprised not to hear about this more from privacy advocates.

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