Your privacy is our priority
At Grammarly, protecting our users’ information is our priority. We analyze how, when, where, and what you write to provide our writing suggestions, insights, usage tips, and other services to you. Grammarly can’t access anything you type or your activity unless you are actively using a Grammarly product offering (such as the browser extension; or our AI features that consider additional content to provide you with the service). Our software doesn't check text if it's not actively being used.
Whether you use our desktop applications, browser extensions, mobile applications, or other product offerings, feel confident knowing that we go to great lengths to ensure your data is encrypted, private, and secure. For more information, please visit our Privacy Policy and Trust Center.
Our privacy safeguards
at a glance
From the way we run our business to the text our product analyzes and generates, the following is a brief overview of how Grammarly operates and approaches privacy.
Our business incentives
align with our users
We never sell the content you upload to our products, provide it for advertising purposes, or allow third parties to use it to train their models.
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Customers are always in
control of their data
You have full control over where Grammarly works and what type of information it accesses, and can turn it off when you want.
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You own your data
Grammarly does not record every keystroke
We’re committed to
privacy compliance
We comply with data privacy laws, regulations, and best practices to protect individuals' personal information and build user trust.
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Grammarly cannot
access sensitive fields
Grammarly’s desktop applications, browser extensions, and mobile applications ignore or exclude sensitive fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and payment information on a best-efforts basis.
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Your privacy is paramount to Grammarly
Know that Grammarly has the privacy of your data top of mind with the following stringent protections we maintain.
You own what you write
You always retain all rights to your text, including copyrights and duplication privileges. In short, your work remains yours.
We tightly control access to your data
Grammarly restricts access to user and customer data across our network, infrastructure, and services. Only those authorized to access data critical to their work may do so.
You control when Grammarly is actively running
You decide when to turn on Grammarly. You can turn off Grammarly, and reactivate it, whenever you need.
We make money when users purchase our paid products, and not by selling or monetizing user content.
We offer a free product and hope you’ll purchase one of our paid products.
You can view personal data associated
with your account
You are always able to view all personal data associated with your account, delete documents stored in Grammarly Editor, or remove all personal information from our systems by deleting your account.
Our products do not run in sensitive fields
Grammarly’s desktop applications, browser extensions, and mobile applications ignore or exclude sensitive fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and payment information on a best-efforts basis.
Grammarly complies with regulations regarding data privacy and protection
We comply with applicable regulations including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), among other laws that govern Grammarly’s privacy obligations.
You’re in control of your content usage
Please visit this updated page for information on Grammarly’s product improvement and training controls: Product Improvement and Training Control
Frequently asked questions
Is Grammarly a keylogger?
No. A keylogger is a type of malicious software or surveillance tool that records every keystroke typed on a keyboard without the user’s knowledge. The captured data —including personal information such as account login information— is often sent to a third party for purposes like identity theft, financial fraud, or unauthorized access. Grammarly’s product doesn’t fit any of these descriptions.
Grammarly can’t access anything you type unless you are actively using a Grammarly product offering (such as the browser extension; or our AI features that consider additional content to provide you with the service).
Additionally, sensitive text such as names, addresses, passwords or credit card information is ignored or excluded by our software on a best-efforts basis. Grammarly never sells user content to third parties for advertising or any other purposes; we make money from selling subscriptions.
Some Grammarly features may record your typed or copied input if you provide explicit permission. You will see an in-app notification about this before activating the feature in question.
We value the trust our users put in Grammarly to keep their information safe and secure. For more information about Grammarly’s user-first approach to privacy and security, please visit our Trust Center.
Grammarly can’t access anything you type unless you are actively using a Grammarly product offering (such as the browser extension; or our AI features that consider additional content to provide you with the service).
Additionally, sensitive text such as names, addresses, passwords or credit card information is ignored or excluded by our software on a best-efforts basis. Grammarly never sells user content to third parties for advertising or any other purposes; we make money from selling subscriptions.
Some Grammarly features may record your typed or copied input if you provide explicit permission. You will see an in-app notification about this before activating the feature in question.
We value the trust our users put in Grammarly to keep their information safe and secure. For more information about Grammarly’s user-first approach to privacy and security, please visit our Trust Center.
Does Grammarly own everything I write?
No. You always retain all rights to your text, including copyrights and duplication privileges. By using Grammarly, you’re giving us formal permission to provide writing suggestions to you and to use your writing to improve our products. You remain the owner of your content.
Can anyone at Grammarly read my text?
No. Grammarly takes your privacy seriously and restricts access to user data across our network, infrastructure, and services. Only those authorized to access data critical to their work may do so.
Access is granted via specific, audited permissions, and access to data requires review and approval by the responsible managers. For example, if you encounter a problem with your account that can only be fixed by reviewing your text, a select group working directly on that task may access your document with your permission. Also, if you send a document to our expert writing service, our writing experts will read the content you submit to make edits that are offered by this service.
Access is granted via specific, audited permissions, and access to data requires review and approval by the responsible managers. For example, if you encounter a problem with your account that can only be fixed by reviewing your text, a select group working directly on that task may access your document with your permission. Also, if you send a document to our expert writing service, our writing experts will read the content you submit to make edits that are offered by this service.
Is Grammarly HIPAA compliant?
Yes, Grammarly is HIPAA-compliant. Please note that as per our Acceptable Use Policy, you should not store, transmit, or otherwise process any information via our services that falls within the definition of “Protected Health Information” under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 C.F.R. Section 164.051), unless you have entered into a current Business Associate Agreement with Grammarly.
If you need to sign a BAA in order to comply with HIPAA, please submit your request here.
If you need to sign a BAA in order to comply with HIPAA, please submit your request here.
Is Grammarly GDPR compliant?
Yes, Grammarly is GDPR-compliant. Please see our Trust Center and Privacy Policy for more information.
Does Grammarly participate in the Data Privacy Framework program?
Yes. Grammarly uses appropriate safeguards for transferring personal data of individuals located in the EU, UK and Switzerland. For transfers to the US, we are certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF, and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework regarding the collection, use and retention of personal data from the EU, UK and Switzerland (please see Grammarly on the list of DPF-certified companies). Please visit our Privacy Policy for more information.
Where does Grammarly store my data? Is it on their servers?
Grammarly stores data on servers hosted by Amazon Web Services, an industry-leading infrastructure provider, in their US-based data centers. For more information, please visit our Privacy Policy and Trust Center.
How does Grammarly use my data?
Across all our product offerings, Grammarly’s enterprise-grade certifications and user-first approach to security and privacy reflect our practices and policies to ensure users’ data is safe and secure.
Grammarly’s algorithms analyze your text, writing behavior, usage data, and other information to provide writing suggestions, insights, and usage tips. Any user can request to view all data associated with their account. You can also visit this updated page for information on Grammarly’s product improvement and training controls: Product Improvement and Training Control
When tailored assistance features are on, Grammarly will process and store data and associate it with your account to improve our product’s suggestions for you. You can opt out of tailored assistance at any time by visiting the Feature customization page: https://account.grammarly.com/customize/features. Upon opting out of a feature, all data stored for that feature to personalize your Grammarly experience will be deleted.
Please note that if you save a document in the Grammarly Editor, we’ll store it until you delete the document or your Grammarly account. You can access all of your saved documents when you’re logged in to your Grammarly account at https://app.grammarly.com
For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Grammarly’s algorithms analyze your text, writing behavior, usage data, and other information to provide writing suggestions, insights, and usage tips. Any user can request to view all data associated with their account. You can also visit this updated page for information on Grammarly’s product improvement and training controls: Product Improvement and Training Control
When tailored assistance features are on, Grammarly will process and store data and associate it with your account to improve our product’s suggestions for you. You can opt out of tailored assistance at any time by visiting the Feature customization page: https://account.grammarly.com/customize/features. Upon opting out of a feature, all data stored for that feature to personalize your Grammarly experience will be deleted.
Please note that if you save a document in the Grammarly Editor, we’ll store it until you delete the document or your Grammarly account. You can access all of your saved documents when you’re logged in to your Grammarly account at https://app.grammarly.com
For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Communicate confidently—
and securely
With Grammarly, take your communication to the next level and enjoy peace of mind knowing that your data is private and protected.