Re: Opinions on Grammerly

[Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg () UWSA EDU>]

We ask vendors to supply it when we are evaluating whether or not their product meets our information security 
requirements.

Several years ago we would get responses like, “Huh?  What’s that?”

But now we never need to explain what it is any more. They can Google it if they need to figure it out.

My experience is that many vendors already have one filled out & ready to send you if you ask for it.

RuthG

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Not at this time.  Something that we are working toward.  If there is a HECVAT for Grammerly, it would probably go a 
long way to prove or disprove its usage.
Curt

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Do you use the HECVAT to help with your vendor assessments?

https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/4/higher-education-community-vendor-assessment-toolkit

Ruth Ginzberg
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All,
   I have recently been asked to evaluate Grammerly for usage on University computers.  I have seen where there have 
been issues in the past with data security but they do not seem to be re-occurring.  The question has been raised  
about password security and disclosure of other sensitive info.  Grammerly’s terms of service and privacy statements 
put the security of this information in the users hands.

   While I do not want to be the bad guy (but I will if I need to be), I also do not want to make this decision in my 
own private bubble.  I would greatly appreciate the communities input on this subject.

Curt Kappenman
Security Compliance Officer / Systems Technician

316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621
Phone: (864) 231-2850
Help Desk: (864) 231-2457
ckappenman () andersonuniversity edu<mailto:ckappenman () andersonuniversity edu>
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