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 Sourdough Tracker 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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Sourdough Tracker: the GDPR-friendly alternative to Camera roll

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

GDPR alternative

Comparison

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Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·January 1, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Camera roll because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Sourdough Tracker 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

Photos of starters at peak are the most accurate journal you already keep - they're just not labelled and not searchable. Sourdough Tracker doesn't replace your camera; it just gives each photo a home next to the entry it belongs to. Six months in, your camera roll has 200 photos of jars and you can't tell which feed each one was; the journal has 200 photos attached to feeds, with rise % and ambient temp next to each.

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. Sourdough Tracker 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 Camera roll sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Sourdough Tracker vs Camera roll: GDPR comparison

	Ours Sourdough Tracker	Theirs Camera roll
Photos in chronological order
Labelled with rise %, hydration
Filterable by starter
Compare two bakes side-by-side		DIY
Survives a phone replacement		If you sync

When to pick which

Pick Sourdough Tracker when

You want to look at last September's bake to compare to today's.

Pick Camera roll when

You bake once and snap one photo - any tool works.

GDPR questions

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

Start with Sourdough Tracker

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.

finn.glas at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn Website