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

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Trello 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.
Trello is a beautiful sticky-note canvas. Production Board is what you reach for when the board has gotten so big that a card with a checklist isn't enough - you need named phases, durations, owner-per-phase, and live updates across tabs. Pick Trello for personal kanbans + light team boards; pick us when production has shape.
GDPR posture
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 Trello sits on each of these is the rest of this page.
| Ours Production Board | Theirs Trello | |
|---|---|---|
Cards + lists | ||
Phases with durations | ||
Per-phase owners | Workaround | |
Live multi-tab | ||
Hosted in Germany |
GDPR questions
Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.
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