Can I get a signed DPA / AVV?

Yes. We sign a standard German GDPR DPA (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) on request - reach out from /sales. The text is the standard form most customer DPOs already know, no surprise clauses; we also accept your own paperwork if your legal team prefers their template. Reply time is within a working day. Most teams under 50 seats don't need one (the standard plan terms cover the legal posture); larger setups get a short signed addendum alongside.

How do I export my data?

Account settings → export. Returns a JSON archive containing every record you own, every file you uploaded, and the relevant audit-log entries. No support ticket, no waiting period, no fee. Same export shape works on every plan.

How do I delete my account?

Account settings → delete. Confirms once, then removes records, files, embeddings, and audit-log entries within 30 days. Stripe payment metadata stays as long as German tax law requires it (10 years), in line with §147 AO; everything else is gone.

Who are your subprocessors?

Two: Stripe (payment processing only, transferred under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework) and our transactional mail relay (EU-hosted). Neither sees your records. The full list and what each one is allowed to touch lives at /privacy and /security.

Does Production Board use Google Analytics or Meta Pixel?

No. No third-party analytics at all. Device + session metrics live in our own Postgres + Redis. The cookie banner that GA / Meta require doesn't apply because we don't load them - one fewer dialog between a visitor and the page they came for.

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Production Board: the GDPR-friendly alternative to Jira

Plain-language privacy notice, standard German GDPR DPA available on request, self-serve export + delete.

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Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·February 2, 2026·

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GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Jira because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Production Board is what a clean alternative looks like: subprocessor list of two (Stripe + mail relay), self-serve export + delete from account settings, and a standard German GDPR DPA on request when your procurement team needs one.

At a glance

Jira is the standard for engineering tickets at scale - custom workflows, advanced JQL search, an ecosystem of plugins, and a learning curve to match. Production Board is the opposite shape: opinionated, fast, production-flavoured, and small enough for a single team to set up in an afternoon. The honest split: pick Jira when you have an admin who maintains it; pick us when you don't want one.

GDPR posture

GDPR is a posture, not a checkbox

Three things matter under GDPR for a tool like this: (1) lawful basis for processing, (2) data subject rights (export, delete, port), and (3) the auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag / DPA chain. Production Board treats them as engineering invariants, not legal optics. Lawful basis is the contract you sign with us. Subject rights are self-serve from your account settings - no support ticket required. The subprocessor list has two entries (Stripe + mail relay). A standard German GDPR DPA is available on request from /sales whenever your procurement team needs one - we don't charge for it and don't gate it behind a plan tier. Where Jira sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Production Board vs Jira: GDPR comparison

	Ours Production Board	Theirs Jira
Custom workflows + statuses	Per-board basics
Production-shaped phases		DIY
Live multi-tab updates
Plugin ecosystem
Setup in an afternoon
Hosted in Germany		EU regions available
Free tier		Free up to 10 users

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

A single production team that wants the board out of the way and the work in front.

Nobody on the team wants to be the Jira admin.

Pick Jira when

Engineering or IT ops at 30+ people with real workflow + permission complexity.

You already have a Jira admin and it works.

GDPR questions

What customer data-protection teams typically ask before signing a DPA.

Start with Production Board

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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