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 Notion

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

GDPR alternative

Productivity

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·January 29, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Notion 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

Notion is a generalist - docs, databases, wikis, light CRMs, lightweight project trackers. Production Board is a specialist - it's a board for production work with steps, statuses, blockers, and live updates. If your team uses one tool for everything, Notion wins by default. If you've watched Notion slow down past five hundred items, that's where we come in.

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 Notion sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Production Board vs Notion: GDPR comparison

	Ours Production Board	Theirs Notion
Boards / kanban
Live multi-tab updates
Step / phase pipeline		DIY
Wikis + docs
Hosted in Germany
Free tier

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

Your work is production - things move from step to step, with blockers, owners, and durations.

Notion got slow past your five-hundredth item.

Pick Notion when

Your team needs the docs / wikis / lightweight DBs in one place.

Less than a hundred items total - any tool works at that size.

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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