Hostinger Terms of Service 2026: Luxembourg Law and a 12-Month Clock

Hostinger sells hosting in India in rupees, on a hostinger.in address. The contract behind it is with none of those things. Section 2 of the Terms of Service lists six possible contracting entities and assigns you one by country of residence, and India is not named anywhere on the page.

The rule as published: "If your country of residence is: United Kingdom (UK), then contracting entity will be Hostinger UK Limited… Indonesia, then contracting entity will be PT WEB MEDIA TECHNOLOGY INDONESIA… Group No. 1 countries as per list indicated here, then contracting entity will be HOSTINGER PTE LTD, Singapore private limited company… Group No. 2 countries as per list indicated here, then contracting entity will be HOSTINGER Global S.à r.l, Luxembourg private limited company… Any other country not listed above (including EU countries), then the contracting entity will be HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Cyprus private limited company."

The two "Group No." lists sit behind links on the page and we did not open them, so we will not tell you which bucket India is in. What the document does establish is the shape of the answer: an Indian customer is contracting with a Singapore, a Luxembourg or a Cyprus company. None of the six named entities is incorporated in India.

This is not unusual for a global hosting company and it is not, on its own, a problem. It becomes a practical point only when something goes wrong — which is what the next section is about.

Section 22 is two short paragraphs and they are the most consequential sentences in the document. "This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Luxembourg, unless the application of Luxembourg laws contradicts mandatory provisions of your local laws."

And on where a dispute goes: "You hereby agree that the judicial proceeding to resolve claims relating to the Agreement will be brought in the courts of Luxembourg, unless this contradicts mandatory provisions of your local laws." Before that, the clause asks both sides to try to settle: "you and Hostinger agree to make reasonable efforts to resolve it amicably… before pursuing formal legal action".

Read the carve-out as carefully as the rule. Both sentences end with "unless… mandatory provisions of your local laws", which is the drafter acknowledging that some national consumer protections cannot be contracted away. Whether any particular Indian provision overrides either clause in any particular dispute is a question for a court or a consumer forum, not for a shopping page, and this page expresses no view on it.

Section 20 adds a clock. "Any cause of action arising out of or related to this Site or the Services must be commenced within 12 (twelve) months after the cause of action accrues." Twelve months from the thing going wrong, not from when you noticed the charge.

Section 10 governs content on your hosting. Hostinger states it "generally does not pre-screen Customer Content" but "reserves the right (but undertakes no duty) to do so and decide whether any item of Customer Content is appropriate".

If it decides — the document's phrase is "as determined by Hostinger in its sole and absolute discretion" — that you have violated the Agreement, or that it "has a reason to believe that you are a repeat offender", it may "apply certain restrictions at any time and without prior notice": remove content, suspend or terminate your access, or suspend or terminate the Account or Services.

Then the line that matters most to anyone running a business site: "Hostinger may, in its sole and absolute discretion, remove and destroy any data and files (including back-up copies) stored by you on its servers, and has no obligation to provide you with such data and files."

Including back-up copies. The backups you are paying a hosting company to keep are, under this clause, not a safety net against this particular event. Section 20 separately excludes liability for "any loss of data, whether due to hardware and (or) software issues, unauthorized access or any other unforeseen circumstances". The practical reading is simple and it is the advice every host gives anyway: keep a copy of your site somewhere that is not your host.

Hostinger's cheap entry prices are well known and they are a real discount on a long first term. The Terms of Service set out what happens at the end of it, and the clauses are worth reading before you pick a term length.

Renewal is on unless you turn it off. "All Services include an auto-renewal feature, unless otherwise specified on the Site… auto-renewal is a default setting."

The renewal price is whatever it is on the day. Hostinger will "charge the Payment Method linked to your Account at then-current fees for relevant Services. You acknowledge and agree that such fees may be higher or lower than the fees for the initial subscription period and (or) most recent subscription period before renewal." Section 16 separately reserves the right to change "Services' renewal fees displayed at this Site at the time of your first purchase… at any time… without need for further notice to you."

The charge can land up to a month early. "Hostinger charges the Payment Method linked to your Account before (e. g., from 30 (thirty) to 0 (zero) calendar days before) the end of the current subscription period."

And the warning email is optional. "We have the right, but not an obligation, to inform you via email about the upcoming auto-renewal before the Charge Date (e.g., Customers having subscriptions for 1 (one) month period will not be informed)." Monthly subscribers are named in the document as people who will not be told.

There is a second mechanism worth knowing: if your card fails, Hostinger "may participate in 'account updater services or programs' supported by your payment card provider" and "reserve the right (but have no obligation) to update your payment card (as Payment Method) in your Account automatically on your behalf." A replaced or reissued card can therefore keep a subscription alive without you re-entering anything.

One: check the renewal price in your account, not on the pricing page. The terms let Hostinger change a renewal fee that was displayed at the time of your first purchase, and the charge can arrive up to thirty days before your term ends. If you are on a monthly plan, the document says in terms that you will not get a reminder.

Two: keep an off-host backup. Not because anything is likely to go wrong, but because the one clause in this document that destroys backups is the one triggered by a unilateral finding that you breached the Agreement — and section 20 separately disclaims liability for data loss generally.

Three: get your invoice details right before you pay. "Once an invoice is issued… it is considered as final and cannot be changed." If you are claiming GST on hosting, that is the moment it has to be correct.

And a note on where to look: the Terms of Service incorporate the Hosting Agreement, Domain Registration Agreement, Refund Policy, Expired Registration Recovery Policy and others "by reference", which means they are part of the same contract. We read the Refund Policy and the Privacy Policy separately; this page does not reproduce either.