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 Google Contacts

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

GDPR alternative

Personal CRM

Comparison

Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·April 18, 2026·

2 min read

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

Google Contacts is excellent at what it does: keeping a phone-shaped address book in sync across your devices. Contact Book is built for the next layer up - logging conversations, gifts, life events, and follow-ups so the relationships you care about don't quietly drift apart. If you only need names + numbers on your phone, stick with Google. If you find yourself opening a contact card and asking what did we last talk about, you'll outgrow Google Contacts the same week you try us.

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 Google Contacts sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Contact Book vs Google Contacts: GDPR comparison

	Ours Contact Book	Theirs Google Contacts
Stores names + phone numbers
Syncs across devices
Conversation log per contact
Life events + birthdays		Birthdays only
Gifts given / received
Follow-up reminders
Stay-in-touch cadence
Pets attached to contacts
Custom fields per contact		Limited
Hosted in Germany
Used by your phone's dialer
Free tier

When to pick which

Pick Contact Book when

You want a memory layer on top of your address book, not just a phonebook.

You like to log who you spoke with and what about, so the next conversation picks up cleanly.

Birthdays, gifts, family relationships, pet names - all of it matters, and you want it in one place.

Your data should live in Germany, exportable + deletable on your own.

Pick Google Contacts when

You only need names, numbers, and email synced to your phone's dialer + Gmail autocomplete.

Everything else lives in Calendar, Photos, and Drive, and you want one Google account to manage it.

Free + integrated with Android / Gmail is the only thing that matters to 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