If your use of Grammarly causes Grammarly to face a legal claim or financial loss, you agree to cover Grammarly's costs, including legal fees.
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The indemnification clause can expose you to financial liability for legal costs incurred by Grammarly if your use of the service — or content you submit — leads to a third-party claim against the company.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of broad consumer-facing indemnification clauses varies by jurisdiction; EU and UK consumer protection law may limit or void this provision for users in those regions.
If someone sues Grammarly because of something you did while using the service, such as submitting infringing content, you could be responsible for Grammarly's legal defense costs. For most everyday users this provision is unlikely to be triggered, but it creates meaningful exposure for enterprise users or those who submit third-party content.
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"You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Grammarly and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Services or your violation of these Terms.— Excerpt from Grammarly's Grammarly Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad user indemnification clauses in consumer contracts engage FTC unfair practices standards and EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive analysis. Courts in multiple jurisdictions have scrutinized overly broad consumer-facing indemnification clauses that impose disproportionate financial risk on individuals. The EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive may render such clauses unenforceable against consumers in EU member states. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. While user indemnification clauses are common in SaaS ToS agreements, the breadth of 'any claims arising out of your use' creates theoretical exposure for users whose submitted content inadvertently infringes third-party rights or triggers regulatory scrutiny. Enterprise users managing large volumes of content submissions face greater practical exposure. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU consumers may be protected from broad indemnification clauses under the Unfair Contract Terms Directive, which prohibits clauses that create a significant imbalance between the parties' rights and obligations to the consumer's detriment. UK consumer law similarly scrutinizes such clauses. California courts apply unconscionability analysis to indemnification provisions. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise agreements should negotiate indemnification terms that are mutual, capped, and limited to defined categories of breach rather than the broad 'any claims from your use' standard in the consumer ToS. Procurement teams should flag this provision for review in vendor risk assessments. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations deploying Grammarly for employee use should assess whether their acceptable use policies adequately restrict employee content submissions in ways that reduce indemnification exposure. Legal teams should consider whether existing corporate indemnification frameworks extend to cover this type of third-party service liability.
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The indemnification clause can expose you to financial liability for legal costs incurred by Grammarly if your use of the service — or content you submit — leads to a third-party claim against the company.
If someone sues Grammarly because of something you did while using the service, such as submitting infringing content, you could be responsible for Grammarly's legal defense costs. For most everyday users this provision is unlikely to be triggered, but it creates meaningful exposure for enterprise users or those who submit third-party content.
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