HostingGoDaddy and the GDPR: agreement, role and data location.
GoDaddy is a hosting tool. Its role depends on the activity, it publishes its data processing agreement, and the data location depends on your account. Below: what to check and how to declare it.
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In short
- Category
- Hosting
- Usual role
- Depends on the activity
- Data location
- Set per account or project
- Agreement
- Published by the vendor
What does GoDaddy do with personal data?
Host business websites, online services or other company systems. That is how Privacyboard describes a typical use of GoDaddy, as a starting point you can edit.
The data usually involved: website or service content, account identifiers, IP addresses and server logs where applicable.
Is GoDaddy a processor or a controller?
GoDaddy offers separate processor and controller-to-controller addenda, so its role depends on the service and data involved.
Privacyboard does not prefill a role for this vendor on purpose. You are asked to choose, since the answer changes what your privacy policy says and which agreement matters.
Where does GoDaddy store personal data?
GoDaddy does not have one fixed location for every customer. The location depends on the plan, the account and the services you enable.
How to find yours: Check your account settings or GoDaddy’s data processing terms for where your data is stored.
Even when the main location is in the EU, ask whether subprocessors or support access involve a transfer outside the EEA, and record it if so.
Does GoDaddy have a data processing agreement?
Checked on 1 November 2026. Vendors change their pages, so check the date.
Yes. GoDaddy publishes the text of its data processing agreement on its own website. Article 28 of the GDPR requires a written contract with every processor, so this is the document to read and keep.
What we noted when we opened the page: GoDaddy Universal Terms of Service Data Processing Addendum, last revised 9/13/2024. Counterparty is the GoDaddy entity party to the Terms, not named. No hosting location; says data may be processed outside country of origin.
A page that exists does not mean you are covered. Whether the agreement applies to you depends on your plan and on what you accepted, so record the decision yourself in your vendor list.
Read the GoDaddy agreementHow to declare GoDaddy
- 1
In your privacy policy
Name GoDaddy as a recipient, say what it is used for (host business websites, online services or other company systems) and mention any transfer outside the EEA. Articles 13 and 14 ask you to tell people who receives their data.
- 2
In your vendor list
Add GoDaddy with its purpose, the data involved, its role, its region and a link to the agreement. Privacyboard prefills all of this, you confirm or correct it.
- 3
In your processing register
Link GoDaddy to the activities that use it, so each record shows its recipients. Article 30 asks the register to list the categories of recipients.
What to check before relying on GoDaddy
- Confirm the region of every service you use, since it is often chosen per project or per resource.
- If any region is outside the EEA, record the transfer safeguard (SCCs, adequacy decision or Data Privacy Framework).
- Check the provider’s subprocessor list and how it announces changes.
- Keep the agreement text you accepted and the date you accepted it.
Questions, answered.
Is GoDaddy GDPR compliant?
Privacyboard does not certify vendors. Compliance depends on how GoDaddy is configured and used, on the agreement you have with it and on your own practices. What can be checked is documented here: it publishes a data processing agreement, the usual role and the data location. Read the agreement itself before relying on it.
Does GoDaddy have a DPA?
Yes. GoDaddy publishes the text of its data processing agreement on its own website. Article 28 of the GDPR requires a written contract with every processor, so this is the document to read and keep. You can read it at https://www.godaddy.com/legal/agreements/data-processing-addendum.
Is GoDaddy a data processor?
It depends on the activity. GoDaddy offers separate processor and controller-to-controller addenda, so its role depends on the service and data involved.
Where does GoDaddy store data?
GoDaddy does not have one fixed location for every customer. The location depends on the plan, the account and the services you enable. How to find yours: Check your account settings or GoDaddy’s data processing terms for where your data is stored.
Do I need to mention GoDaddy in my privacy policy?
Yes, if GoDaddy handles personal data for you. The GDPR asks you to tell people who receives their data (Articles 13 and 14). Name the vendor or its category, say what it is used for and mention any transfer outside the EEA.
How do I add GoDaddy to my vendor list?
In Privacyboard, pick GoDaddy from the catalog. The purpose, the data, the suggested role and a link to its agreement are prefilled, and you confirm each one. Creating a workspace is free.
Privacyboard is not affiliated with GoDaddy. Names and logos belong to their owners and are used only to identify the tool. This page summarises public documents as checked on 1 November 2026; it is guidance, not legal advice, and it does not certify any vendor.