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.
The updated policy now discloses that Grammarly collects voice data if you use transcription or Notetaker features, including recordings of other participants, and expands its list of collected content to explicitly include screen content and web pages. For users whose accounts are managed by an organization (employer, school, or other entity), the policy clarifies that Grammarly's privacy terms do not apply to the content you upload or output—your organization's privacy terms govern that data instead. This means organizational account users should review their organization's privacy policies rather than relying on Grammarly's policy to understand how their work or educational data is handled.
View change record →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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"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 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.
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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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