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title: "A GDPR-Friendly Private Journal"
description: "Made in Amsterdam. No personal data collected, no cross-border transfers, no DPA to sign — because there is no processing. Offline and encrypted by design."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/private-journal-eu-gdpr"
category: "By Location"
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# GDPR-friendly by architecture, not by paperwork.

_Most apps meet the GDPR with a stack of documents arranged around an unavoidable fact: they collect data. We arranged the software so there is nothing to document._

The Sealed Journal is made by a small studio in Amsterdam, inside the Union, by people who have read the regulation rather than skimmed a compliance vendor's summary of it. Articles 5 through 9 concern the processing of personal data. We do not process your journal entries in any sense the regulation recognises — they are encrypted in your browser and stay on your device.

There is therefore no Article 28 processor agreement to sign, no Article 30 record of processing to maintain for your entries, no Chapter V transfer mechanism to argue about, and no Article 17 erasure request to service — the deletion is done by deleting the file. For institutional buyers who need something on paper, we will provide a written statement of architecture in lieu of a DPA.

Two honest exceptions. The marketing site you are reading runs privacy-respecting analytics. And checkout runs through Paddle, which is a data controller for your purchase in its own right, handles EU VAT as merchant of record, and keeps the invoice. Neither touches a journal entry. The downloaded file makes no network calls of any kind.

The interface is in English. Your writing can be in any language your keyboard produces — Dutch, Frisian, German, Portuguese, Greek, Polish — because the file stores Unicode and never sends it anywhere to be corrected.

Dutch buyers can pay by iDEAL through Paddle; invoices for BTW purposes are available on request.

## Questions

### Do you have a DPA we can sign?

No, because there is no processing relationship to govern. Your writing never reaches us. For institutional buyers we provide a written statement of architecture instead.

### Where are your servers located?

No server ever holds a journal entry. We run static hosting for these marketing pages, and checkout runs through Paddle. Both are separate from the journal file, which contacts nothing.

### Can I exercise my right to erasure?

There is nothing on our side to erase. To remove the journal from your own device, delete the HTML file and clear the site's local storage in your browser. Paddle holds your purchase record as merchant of record.

### Is there a cross-border transfer to worry about?

Not for your entries — nothing is transferred. Your purchase data is handled by Paddle under its own terms.

### Who handles EU VAT?

Paddle, as merchant of record. VAT is calculated for your country at checkout and appears on the invoice; you can enter a VAT number if you are buying as a business.

### Can I write in Dutch, German, or Greek?

Yes. The file stores plain Unicode with no autocorrect and no language detection. Accents, diacritics, and mid-sentence code-switching all survive a round trip through the encryption.

## Price

The Sealed Journal is a one-time purchase of $24 (introductory price, rising to $29). No subscription, no account, lifetime updates, 30-day refund. Buy at https://sealedjournal.com/#pricing

## Elsewhere

- Hub: By Location — https://sealedjournal.com/journals/by-location
- All journals — https://sealedjournal.com/journals
- HTML version of this page — https://sealedjournal.com/j/private-journal-eu-gdpr