---
id: "data-processing-agreement"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "data processing agreement"
language: "en"
category: "Registration data and privacy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-processing-agreement/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/contrato-encargo-tratamiento/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/contrat-sous-traitance/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/accordo-trattamento-dati/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/contrato-tratamento-dados/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/dogovor-obrabotke-dannykh/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shuju-chuli-xieyi/"
---

# data processing agreement

A contract the GDPR requires when one organization handles personal data on behalf of another. It sets what the processor may do with the data and how it must protect it. Registries, registrars and resellers sign such agreements for registration data.

## related terms

- [GDPR](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gdpr/)
- [data controller and data processor](https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-controller-and-processor/)
- [data protection authority](https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-protection-authority/)
- [Data Processing Specification](https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-processing-specification/)
- [registration data](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration-data/)