I used it quite often in the past, but never bothered to read their TOS. I still have their extension installed, but as I mentioned earlier, I use Quillbot to correct any mistakes I make.
I've never heard of Quillbot before, but a quick look at their Privacy Policy isn't any better:
When you use our Services, we may also collect personal data you provide or otherwise make available to us via our Services. For example, when you use the plagiarism checker, we store a copy of your document, which includes any information contained within. When you use our Paraphraser tool, we will collect any information you paraphrase, including personal data you enter into Paraphraser. When you upload documents to our Services, we will store both a copy of the original document (or the text of the original document) as well as the paraphrased version and any information contained within. When you use our Co-Writer service, we will collect any information, including personal data, you enter into your project(s) within Co-Writer.
And alongside that they collect all the usual name, email address, IP address, geolocation, browser fingerprint, and also very concerningly, "Browsing or search history".
I guess it's about time the Grammarly extension is permanently removed from my browser. It seems that not everything is as innocent as it looks.
Good idea. You should make a habit of only having the minimum number of essential browser extensions installed, such as uBlock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere. Every unnecessary extension presents a new attack surface and makes your fingerprint more unique.
That's interesting; however, are you talking about the extension or the browser version? Because it sounds way too farfetched and doesn't make too much sense. I was considering upgrading to their premium membership, but I'm having second thoughts. I'm only using their website and haven't installed their extension, as I'm trying to avoid more unnecessary ones that slow down the browser even more. Thus, I don't think what you said can be applied to those who are not using their extension, am I right? At least, they cannot obtain as much information as their privacy policy claims.
I'm starting to think that every website or extension is a possible threat to your security and privacy. I've become a little paranoid after suffering from a fake Google Sheets extension.