You keep ownership of what you write, but by using Grammarly you give the company a broad license to use, reproduce, and share your content for service and improvement purposes.
While you retain legal ownership of your writing, the license you grant Grammarly allows it to use, reproduce, and distribute your content globally for service improvement, which may encompass AI training and sub-processor sharing.
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Compare across platforms →The license granted to Grammarly is broad — it includes sublicensable and worldwide rights — which means your content can be used across Grammarly's service infrastructure and potentially shared with sub-processors globally.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The scope of this content license intersects with GDPR Art. 6 (lawful basis for processing User Content), as a broad contractual license does not automatically constitute a valid lawful basis under GDPR for all secondary uses. Intellectual property law (national copyright frameworks) governs the enforceability of user-granted licenses. Consumer protection laws in the EU (Unfair Contract Terms Directive 93/13/EEC) may render broadly worded content licenses unenforceable against consumers if found to create significant imbalance. FTC Act Section 5 applies to material misrepresentations about data use scope. (2)
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