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 Contact Book 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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Contact Book: the GDPR-friendly alternative to Cloze

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

GDPR alternative

Personal CRM

Solo work

Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·March 7, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Cloze because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Contact Book 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

Cloze ingests your email + calendar + social and uses AI to surface contacts you should reach out to. Contact Book is the opposite - it expects you to log meaningful interactions deliberately, and trades AI surfacing for a calmer, more private system. If you want a relationship intelligence engine that watches your inbox, Cloze is the obvious pick. If you want a personal CRM that does not read your email, that's exactly what we are.

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. Contact Book 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 Cloze sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Contact Book vs Cloze: GDPR comparison

	Ours Contact Book	Theirs Cloze
Reads your email
Reads your calendar
Manual logging
AI relationship scoring
Conversation log
Stay-in-touch cadence
Hosted in Germany / EU
Free tier
Price	From €1/mo (free tier too)	$19.99-$29.99/mo

When to pick which

Pick Contact Book when

You don't want a tool that reads your email - even if it would surface useful prompts.

Manual entry suits you - typing in what mattered is the moment that helps you remember.

Hosted in Germany matters; you don't want US-headquartered infrastructure for your inbox-adjacent data.

Pick Cloze when

You'd genuinely use the AI suggestions and want a tool that watches your channels.

Sales-style relationship scoring helps you prioritise.

Inbox + calendar + social ingest is the killer feature for you.

GDPR questions

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

Start with Contact Book

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

Written by

Julia Yukovich

Co-Founder + CEO

Julia is one of the Co-Founders. She handles design, product direction, and most of the support replies that arrive in the morning.

julia.yukovich at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn