Grammarly's service is not intended for children under 13, and Grammarly states it does not knowingly collect data from children under that age.
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Grammarly is widely used in educational settings, and this clause defines the minimum age for compliant use; parents and educators should ensure that children under 13 are not creating individual Grammarly accounts without appropriate institutional safeguards.
Children under 13 are prohibited from using Grammarly's consumer services, and the company states it will delete data if it discovers a child under 13 has provided personal information. Parents and schools using Grammarly-for-Education products should separately verify the age compliance and COPPA/FERPA handling applicable to those institutional offerings.
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The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information without your cons...
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"The 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 learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.— Excerpt from Grammarly's Grammarly Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enforced by the FTC in the US. COPPA requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13 and imposes specific notice, data retention, and deletion obligations. For EU users, GDPR sets age thresholds for consent (varying by member state, typically 13-16) and may impose additional requirements for services used by minors. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The ToS prohibition is a standard COPPA compliance measure, but the educational context of Grammarly's use creates practical exposure where minors use the service through institutional accounts. Grammarly's separate education product offerings may have distinct COPPA/FERPA frameworks not addressed in this consumer ToS. JURISDICTION FLAGS: US educational institutions deploying Grammarly must assess COPPA and FERPA compliance independently of this ToS provision. EU member states have varying minimum ages for digital consent (13-16), which may affect compliance posture for EU-based educational users. The UK's Age Appropriate Design Code imposes additional requirements for services likely to be accessed by minors. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Educational institutions should obtain explicit confirmation from Grammarly regarding COPPA compliance for institutional deployments and whether Grammarly qualifies as a 'school official' with a legitimate educational interest under FERPA for data sharing purposes. Contracts should specify data handling obligations for student users. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Schools and educational platforms that integrate Grammarly should audit whether student users are creating personal accounts rather than using institutionally managed accounts, and should review Grammarly's education-specific terms for applicable FERPA and COPPA commitments.
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Grammarly is widely used in educational settings, and this clause defines the minimum age for compliant use; parents and educators should ensure that children under 13 are not creating individual Grammarly accounts without appropriate institutional safeguards.
Children under 13 are prohibited from using Grammarly's consumer services, and the company states it will delete data if it discovers a child under 13 has provided personal information. Parents and schools using Grammarly-for-Education products should separately verify the age compliance and COPPA/FERPA handling applicable to those institutional offerings.
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