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 Sprachmemo 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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Sprachmemo: the GDPR-friendly alternative to OpenAI Whisper API

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

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Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·February 11, 2026·

2 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off OpenAI Whisper API because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Sprachmemo 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

If you're building a tool yourself and ship audio to OpenAI's hosted endpoint, Whisper is hard to beat on raw accuracy for English. Sprachmemo is the choice if you don't want to wire transcription yourself, don't want a US data-processor in the loop, and primarily speak German. The two products serve different jobs.

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. Sprachmemo 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 OpenAI Whisper API sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Sprachmemo vs OpenAI Whisper API: GDPR comparison

	Ours Sprachmemo	Theirs OpenAI Whisper API
Privacy posture	Audio on EU servers, no training	Audio to OpenAI US infra, OpenAI's policy applies
Surface	Browser app + transcription	API only - you build the UI
German accuracy (clean studio audio)	Vosk Large: very good	Excellent
German accuracy (noisy phone audio)	Solid	Strong
Self-hosted option	We host it - or run the same Vosk yourself	Open-weights Whisper exists, but you have to run it
Cost for 60 min/month	Free tier covers it	≈ 0,36 USD via the API (audio only, no UI)
Cost for 60 hours/month	Basis or Power tier	≈ 21 USD via the API (audio only)
Editable transcript + audio archive

When to pick which

Pick Sprachmemo when

You want a working app, not a SDK. Tap the circle, get a transcript, edit it.

Your audio shouldn't transit US infrastructure (clinical, legal, journalistic, kids).

German is your primary language and you want it to work without a configuration step.

Pick OpenAI Whisper API when

You're a developer integrating speech-to-text into a product you ship yourself.

Your audio has unusual characteristics (heavy accents, low SNR, non-German non-English languages).

You want the absolute state of the art on accuracy and the policy footprint isn't a blocker for your use case.

GDPR questions

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

Start with Sprachmemo

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.

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