Grammarly keeps your personal data for as long as your account is open or as needed for legal reasons, and you can request deletion by contacting support.
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The policy does not specify fixed retention periods for different data categories, meaning personal data and submitted content could be retained for extended periods unless you actively request deletion.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify retention periods by data category, making it difficult to assess the maximum duration of data retention for any specific type of information collected.
Without a defined maximum retention period for user content or account data, your writing history and personal information may be held by Grammarly indefinitely while your account remains active; closing your account or submitting a deletion request through the privacy portal is the primary mechanism to initiate data removal.
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We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention periods depend on the type of information and the purposes for which it is processed.
We keep information for as long as we need it to provide our products, comply with legal obligations, or for other legitimate purposes, such as to maintain safety, security, and integrity.
After your account is deleted, we keep data about interactions you've had on our service to prevent abuse, ban evaders and others in an effort to protect and ensure the safety and security of our service and our members.
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"We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active, as needed to provide you Services, or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you Services, contact us at support@grammarly.com.— Excerpt from Grammarly's Grammarly Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR's storage limitation principle requires personal data to be kept no longer than necessary for its purpose, and the absence of specified retention periods in the consumer policy may create tension with GDPR Article 5(1)(e). CCPA and CPRA require disclosure of retention periods or criteria for determining them. The FTC's data minimization guidance also addresses retention practices. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy's open-ended retention standard is common in industry but may face regulatory scrutiny under GDPR's specificity requirements. Organizations subject to GDPR should request Grammarly's data retention schedule as part of DPA negotiations. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EEA users have the strongest regulatory basis to request retention period specificity and to exercise GDPR deletion rights. California users can request deletion under CPRA. Other jurisdictions may have more limited recourse. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise DPAs should specify retention and deletion timelines for user content, particularly for content submitted through Grammarly Business. Retention of user-submitted text beyond operational necessity creates long-term data liability. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Users and organizations concerned about long-term data retention should submit account deletion requests and verify that deletion has been completed. Privacy teams managing Grammarly as a vendor should include data retention verification in periodic vendor reviews.
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The policy does not specify fixed retention periods for different data categories, meaning personal data and submitted content could be retained for extended periods unless you actively request deletion.
Without a defined maximum retention period for user content or account data, your writing history and personal information may be held by Grammarly indefinitely while your account remains active; closing your account or submitting a deletion request through the privacy portal is the primary mechanism to initiate data removal.
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