Navigating spell check using Chrome

Data processor mode is currently only available for users on managed ChromeOS devices in these countries.

Enhanced Spell Check sends to Google the text users enter into text boxes inside of the browser, for improved spelling suggestions. This article is intended for administrators and end users who want to learn about what data is collected by Enhanced Spell Check and how it’s processed by Google.

Configurations and related articles

This is an Essential Service under data processor mode.

Enhanced Spell Check is controlled in the Google Admin console and can be enabled only when the policy for Basic Spell Check is also turned on.

For more information about Enhanced Spell Check, see SpellCheckServiceEnabled.

For more information about Basic Spell Check, see SpellcheckEnabled.

Data processed by this service

No personal data is stored by Google, besides Chrome Sync and User Metrics.

Data Type / Category
Description
Examples
Data Subject Rights supporting features
Input text language and country Input text (not stored on Google servers), its language (stored on Google servers), and country (not stored on Google servers) that are sent to Google for improved spelling suggestions. Misspelling sent to Google to get a suggestion for the correct spelling.
Custom words Custom words entered by users are stored in Chrome Sync Refer to Chrome Sync
Usage of the services Number of misspelled words, number of words in custom dictionaries, number of users that have seen a spell check suggestion, number of users that have applied a spell check suggestion Refer to User Metrics

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Purpose of processing the data

Refer to the links provided above for each data type / category for details.

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