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# Can you sign a DPA (Data Processing Agreement)?

Yes. As a hosting provider and a French company subject to the GDPR, Hodi can provide you with a **DPA** (*Data Processing Agreement*), i.e. a **data processing agreement** within the meaning of **Article 28 of the GDPR** or local personal data protection laws.

### Who is responsible for what?

Personal data protection laws distinguish between two roles:

* The **data controller**: that's **you**, the customer, who decides why and how your data is processed.
* The **data processor**: that's **Hodi**, who hosts and processes this data on your behalf, according to your instructions.

The DPA is the contract that formalizes this relationship: it sets out our respective obligations, security, confidentiality, the use of any subsequent sub-processors, and what happens to the data at the end of the contract.

### A note of honesty

Signing a DPA **does not, on its own, make your organization compliant**: it allocates and formalizes responsibilities. Compliance of your processing activities remains yours. Our role is to give you the tools and contractual framework to **strengthen** it, not to guarantee it on your behalf.

### How much does it cost, and how do I get it?

The DPA is **free and included** in your plan: compliance is not a paid add-on at Hodi.

**We provide you with our standard template**, you have nothing to draft. You can download it at any time at [https://hodi.host/dpa](https://hodi.host/dpa). 

Are you an organization with your own contractual requirements? We can sign a specific DPA on managed virtual servers.