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 Folk

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

GDPR alternative

Personal CRM

Comparison

Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·March 29, 2026·

1 min read

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

Folk is a beautifully designed CRM that targets small teams + relationship-builders working together. Contact Book targets a single person with their own warm network. If you're a VC scout, BD lead, or a five-person agency that needs shared visibility, Folk is the cleaner fit. If you're an individual who wants their own contact log, that's us. (If you're wondering why keeping up with people slips so easily, that's the problem we're built around.)

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

Contact Book vs Folk: GDPR comparison

	Ours Contact Book	Theirs Folk
Single-user fit		Possible
Team workspace	Possible
LinkedIn integration	CSV
Email + calendar sync
Life events + gifts
Hosted in Germany
Free tier
Price (entry)	From €1/mo	$20/mo

When to pick which

Pick Contact Book when

It's just you + your warm network, not a sales team workspace.

Life events + gifts + family graph are part of the value, not noise.

EU jurisdiction is required.

Pick Folk when

You work with two-to-five teammates and need shared contact visibility.

LinkedIn + Gmail are central to your relational workflow.

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, development, product direction, and most of the support replies that arrive in the morning.

julia.yukovich at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn