Is Grammarly safe with your data?

Grammarly

61/100

Good disclosure · high confidence

Grammarly earns a B (61/100) because it discloses most of its data practices.

#40

of 211 apps ranked

score · Productivity avg 54

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

Grammarly (Superhuman) grants users data subject rights and opt-out control over AI training, but retains data indefinitely per business needs and allows AI model training including for new products.

What Grammarly's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

AI Training Opt-Out

You can decide whether Superhuman can use your user content to train our AI models by adjusting the available training control(s) in your account settings

User Owns Content + Broad License

You own all right, title, and interest in and to User Content...license...for the limited purposes of: (i) Operating, providing, improving, troubleshooting, and debugging our Services...and (iv) Developing new products or adding features for our Services

Data Subject Rights

You have the right to (1) request to know more about and access your personal information, including in a portable format, (2) request deletion of your personal information, and (3) request correction of inaccurate personal information

Named Data Protection Officer

We've appointed VeraSafe as our representative in the EEA and UK for data protection matters

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: a deletion timeline after closure or request
Not stated: shorter retention for AI conversation logs
Not stated: automated decisions and a human-review path

Grammarly privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inPartial

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingDisclosed

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsPartial

Data-subject rights3 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

Offers data portability in a usable formatDisclosed

Grants a right to correct your dataDisclosed

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingPartial

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsPartial

Third-party sharing2 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersDisclosed

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency3 of 4 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIPartial

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputNot applicable

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesDisclosed

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children1 of 3 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathSilent

Limits the use of special-category dataSilent

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

Security and accountability2 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsDisclosed

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactDisclosed

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Productivity
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2025-10-29
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

Documents examined

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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.