Pryvan
🇩🇪 GDPR-compliant AI

GDPR-compliant AI in Germany

Germany pairs the GDPR with the BDSG, sixteen state authorities and an active works-council tradition. Pryvan keeps AI data in the EU and documents it the way German DPOs and Betriebsräte expect.

No European market scrutinises data protection harder than Germany. Organisations answer to the GDPR plus the BDSG, to one of sixteen state authorities, and often to a works council that must agree before a new tool touches employee data. Cloud AI that processes in the US sits uneasily with all of it. Pryvan deploys AI that stays in jurisdiction and is documented the German way.

16

state data-protection authorities, plus the federal BfDI

BDSG

national law layered on top of the GDPR

Top-3

for GDPR enforcement activity in the EU

Why local matters here

Strict enforcement

German authorities are among the most active GDPR enforcers in Europe, and not shy about cloud-transfer cases.

Works councils (Betriebsrat)

Introducing AI tools often needs a works-council agreement, which demands clear, explainable data flows.

Public-sector sovereignty

Federal and state bodies increasingly mandate EU data residency in procurement frameworks.

Who regulates this
  • BfDI

    Federal Commissioner

    Oversees federal bodies and telecoms; sets the national tone on data protection.

  • LfD

    State authorities

    Each Bundesland has its own DPA for the private and public sector in its territory.

  • AI Act

    Market surveillance

    National authorities oversee EU AI Act obligations as they phase in through 2026 and beyond.

What German buyers expect to see
  • A clear answer to 'where is the data processed', with EU jurisdiction, not just an EU region of a US provider.
  • An Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag (DPA) and a named, EU-focused list of sub-processors.
  • Data flows clear enough to put in front of a works council without a translation layer.
  • Documented retention and deletion, not an open-ended 'we keep everything'.

The Betriebsrat meeting

A Mittelstand manufacturer wants an AI assistant for its back office. The works council's first question is simple: what happens to employee and customer data, and can a foreign authority reach it? A US-cloud tool turns the meeting into a standoff. Pryvan's EU-only processing and plain data-flow diagram turn it into a sign-off.

One arrow. One direction. Forward.

AI that satisfies the German data-protection bar.

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