FormsTally and the GDPR: agreement, role and data location.
Tally is a forms tool. Most customers use it as a processor, 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
- Forms
- Usual role
- Usually a processor
- Data location
- Often the European Union, check your account
- Agreement
- Published by the vendor
What does Tally do with personal data?
Collect and manage responses to online forms and surveys. That is how Privacyboard describes a typical use of Tally, as a starting point you can edit.
The data usually involved: respondent names, email addresses, submitted answers and any attachments collected by the form.
Is Tally a processor or a controller?
Most customers use Tally as a processor: it handles personal data on their instructions, for the purposes they set. That is the common reading for forms tools and it is what Privacyboard suggests.
As a processor, it needs a written agreement with you under Article 28, and you should know which subprocessors it uses. Confirm the role against your own agreement, because the way you use a tool can change it.
Where does Tally store personal data?
Tally is usually associated with the European Union, but the location can depend on your plan or settings. Privacyboard prefills it as a starting point that you should check in your account.
How to find yours: Check Tally’s data processing terms: they state where data is hosted.
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 Tally have a data processing agreement?
Checked on 1 November 2026. Vendors change their pages, so check the date.
Yes. Tally 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: Full text. Last updated Sep 2024. States that Tally is made and hosted in the EU, without naming a data center.
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 Tally agreementHow to declare Tally
- 1
In your privacy policy
Name Tally as a recipient, say what it is used for (collect and manage responses to online forms and surveys) 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 Tally 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 Tally 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 Tally
- Show a short notice at the point of collection, with a link to your policy.
- Collect only the fields you need.
- Set a retention period for responses and attachments.
- Record the region and where responses are exported to.
Questions, answered.
Is Tally GDPR compliant?
Privacyboard does not certify vendors. Compliance depends on how Tally 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 Tally have a DPA?
Yes. Tally 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://tally.so/help/data-processing-agreement.
Is Tally a data processor?
Usually, yes. Most customers use Tally as a processor that acts on their instructions. Check your own agreement and how you use the tool, because the role can differ.
Where does Tally store data?
Tally is usually associated with the European Union, but the location can depend on your plan or settings. Privacyboard prefills it as a starting point that you should check in your account. How to find yours: Check Tally’s data processing terms: they state where data is hosted.
Do I need to mention Tally in my privacy policy?
Yes, if Tally 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 Tally to my vendor list?
In Privacyboard, pick Tally 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 Tally. 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.