SOURCE-BASED ANALYSIS · NO HANDS-ON RATING
Start with permitted work, not a global toggle
Define the tasks for which generative assistance is allowed: for example, rewriting an approved paragraph may have a different risk than drafting a contractual statement or processing confidential customer data. List prohibited content classes and required reviewers before changing account settings.
Map controls to owners
Grammarly documents organization feature access for generative AI, separate product-improvement and training controls, and Enterprise application controls that can prevent Grammarly from running in specified desktop applications. These settings answer different questions. Record the account owner, the affected groups and the effective date for each control.
| Decision | Control evidence | Verification |
|---|---|---|
| Who may use generative AI | Feature access assignment | Allowed and excluded test accounts |
| Whether content may support product improvement | Data settings record | Admin review and date |
| Where the application may run | Application control list | Target and excluded application checks |
Review the data path with current documentation
Grammarly states that inputs used for generative features can include prompt text and surrounding context and that service providers may process data to deliver the experience. Review the vendor's current privacy, security and contractual documents for your account. Do not infer that disabling a training option prevents every form of processing required to operate the service.
Verify effective access
- Use an approved test document containing synthetic information.
- Sign in with one included and one excluded test account.
- Confirm the generative entry points match the intended feature assignment.
- Check an allowed writing surface and an application intended to be excluded.
- Capture the setting names, owners and review date without recording sensitive content.
- Recheck after group, role or desktop configuration changes.
A practical policy example
A fictional support team may allow rewriting of synthetic training replies while prohibiting customer case text until a privacy review is complete. Administrators enable the feature for a pilot group, exclude the case-management desktop application and use a controlled document for acceptance. This is a governance example, not a claim about a particular Grammarly account.
Plan exceptions and rollback
Give users a route to report an unexpected entry point or blocked workflow. Define who can remove access, update application controls and communicate a policy change. Revisit the decision when vendor documentation or internal data classifications change.
Sources and verification
Official documentation checked on 2026-10-29. Worked examples are hypothetical planning exercises, not measured product benchmarks.