Grammarly's services are not intended for children under 13, and the company states it will delete data from users under 13 if discovered.
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Children's data is subject to heightened legal protections under COPPA in the US, and the policy's reliance on a self-declaration model means the enforcement of this restriction depends primarily on users accurately reporting their age.
If a child under 13 has used Grammarly, their data may have been collected without the parental consent required by law; parents who discover this can contact Grammarly to request deletion of the child's data.
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Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
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"Grammarly does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not send any information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.— Excerpt from Grammarly's Grammarly Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. The policy's 'do not knowingly collect' formulation is a standard COPPA disclosure, but the adequacy of age verification mechanisms is a recurring FTC enforcement concern. For EEA users, GDPR Article 8 sets the age of digital consent at 16 (with member state flexibility down to 13), which may create additional obligations for EEA minor users. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy's reliance on user self-attestation rather than verified age-gating creates compliance risk if minors access the service through educational or family accounts. Grammarly's education product (Grammarly EDU) may create additional FERPA and COPPA intersections depending on how student data is handled. JURISDICTION FLAGS: US federal COPPA applies to under-13 users. Several US states have enacted additional children's online privacy protections (California Age-Appropriate Design Code, for example) that may impose obligations beyond COPPA. EEA member states have varying digital consent ages under GDPR Article 8. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Educational institutions deploying Grammarly should verify through their institutional agreements whether FERPA and COPPA obligations are contractually allocated to Grammarly as a school official or service provider. Consumer deployments in family or educational contexts should assess age verification adequacy. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations deploying Grammarly in educational settings should confirm the applicable data processing agreement addresses minor user data. Parents who believe their child's data has been collected should contact Grammarly's privacy team to request deletion. Platform operators integrating Grammarly via API should assess their own COPPA obligations for under-13 users.
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Children's data is subject to heightened legal protections under COPPA in the US, and the policy's reliance on a self-declaration model means the enforcement of this restriction depends primarily on users accurately reporting their age.
If a child under 13 has used Grammarly, their data may have been collected without the parental consent required by law; parents who discover this can contact Grammarly to request deletion of the child's data.
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