Hotjar security review: SOC 2, AI training & subprocessors

What Hotjar publishes about its security, privacy and use of your data, with a link to the page each fact came from. Checked October 10, 2026.

Transparency score
85/100
SOC 2
SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
Claimed
Trains AI on your data?
Not found
Subprocessors
45 listed
DPA
Not found

"Not found" means our reader didn't find it on the public pages it could read; the vendor may still publish it.

Does Hotjar train AI on your data?

Our reader didn't find a statement about training AI models on customer data on the Hotjar pages it could read. Hotjar may publish one elsewhere, for example in a help center, AI terms or a trust portal. Ask the vendor in writing and check its DPA and AI terms.

Certifications Hotjar claims

Certification or reportMentioned on
SOC 2 Type IItrust.contentsquare.com
ISO/IEC 27001trust.contentsquare.com
ISO/IEC 27017trust.contentsquare.com
ISO/IEC 27018trust.contentsquare.com
ISO/IEC 27701trust.contentsquare.com
ISO 9001trust.contentsquare.com

A certification on a website is a claim. For anything sensitive, ask Hotjar for the SOC 2 report or ISO certificate.

Hotjar subprocessors

Hotjar lists 45 subprocessors on contentsquare.com/privacy-center/subprocessors:

Security features mentioned

SSO / SAMLNot found
SCIM provisioningNot found
Multi-factor authenticationNot found
Encryption at restNot found
Encryption in transitNot found
Penetration testingMentioned
Bug bounty / disclosure programNot found
Audit logsNot found
Data residencyMentioned EU, US, Ireland
security.txt contactmailto:security@contentsquare.com

Key documents

Trust / security centertrust.contentsquare.com
Privacy policycontentsquare.com/privacy-policy
Subprocessor listcontentsquare.com/privacy-center/subprocessors
Data processing agreement (DPA)Not found
AI policyNot found
TermsNot found
Status pagestatus.contentsquare.com

How this score is worked out

CheckPointsResult
Security or trust page15Yes
Certifications listed20Yes
Privacy policy10Yes
Subprocessor list15Yes
DPA available10Yes
AI training policy stated15No
security.txt contact5Yes
Status page10Yes

The score measures how much of a standard security review our reader could answer from Hotjar's public pages. It is not a rating of how secure Hotjar is, and a "No" can mean the document exists where our reader couldn't see it.

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Source: Hotjar's own public website (4 pages read on October 10, 2026). Stormap is not affiliated with Hotjar. Facts are what the vendor publishes about itself; certifications are claims, not verified audit reports. Something wrong or out of date? Pages are re-checked every two weeks.