AI does not give your opinion and does not decide on a notification. It turns your notes into records, finds the position of the data protection authority (CNIL in France), and prepares your templates, so your time goes to advising and to oversight.
AI helps data protection officers with tasks such as “Answer a project team’s question,” “Write a record of processing entry,” and “Inventory a department’s processing.” Start with a single task, in Ordalie: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Ordalie · Legal research, with your sources added
Today“Can we reuse the customer file for this?” The questions keep coming, and each one means rereading the guidelines.
With OrdalieA sourced answer, with a link to each text, that you turn into conditions for the team.
TodayAfter an hour interviewing a department, you are left with rough notes to turn into a complete entry, and forty processing activities are waiting.
With ClaudeA complete record entry, with the list of questions still to ask the department.
Tally · “Create with AI”
TodayDepartment heads do not answer a forty-column spreadsheet, and the record stays half empty.
With TallyA form that departments fill in within a few minutes, and responses already organized in a spreadsheet.
Also
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per project
The descriptive part of the impact assessment, sourced, and the list of questions to ask the project team.
Ordalie · Document import, in the conversation
A table of the agreement, item by item, and the list of points to negotiate.
An acknowledgment of receipt, a collection plan by department, and the template for the response letter.
A register entry, a timeline, and a draft message, ready for the decision to notify.
Perplexity · “Projects”
A regulatory update every Monday, with the official link for each new item.
Gamma · “Paste”
A short presentation, built on the department’s real situations, to show on screen or send.
What to check
The free plan gives you ten questions per week and two added sites. An answer can cite a text that does not apply to the case: open the source, and keep a record of your opinion.
Answer a project team’s questionOrdalie · Legal research, with your sources addedThe prompt to copy
A [marketing] team at a company in [industry], based in France, wants to [reuse its customers’ email addresses to send them offers from a company in the same group]. What legal basis can support this processing, under what conditions, and what information must be given to the individuals? Give the articles of the GDPR and of the French Data Protection Act, the CNIL decisions or recommendations, and the European Data Protection Board guidelines that apply. Flag the points these sources do not settle.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobAnswer a project team’s question
In your jobPrepare an impact assessment
In your jobPrepare the response to an access request
In your jobWrite a record of processing entry
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
A question about GDPR, an answer with links to the legal texts and the CNIL’s publications, and the analysis of a data processing agreement. Hosted in France.
Recommended planOrdalie, €0: 10 questions per week and 3 documents. For daily use: Ordalie PRO, €75 excl. tax per user per month.
Turn interview notes into a record entry, prepare the response to an access request, document an incident.
Recommended planFree to try, with no personal data. At work: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
A project’s documents in a single notebook: the description of the processing gets written with the page for each piece of information.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day. Included in the company’s Google Workspace plans.
A weekly watch on the CNIL and the European authorities, with the official link for each new item.
Recommended planFree: 3 “Pro” searches per day and 1 “Research” report per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
A simple form so each department can describe its files. Belgian vendor, data stored in Europe.
Recommended planFree, $0.
An awareness presentation laid out from your examples, department by department.
Recommended planFree, $0, to try it: 400 credits that do not refill. Then: Plus, €8 per user per month, billed yearly (€96).
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Ordalie, Claude, Gemini Notebook, Perplexity, Tally, and Gamma. All of them can be used for free to get started.
A question about GDPR, an answer with links to the legal texts and the CNIL’s publications, and the analysis of a data processing agreement. Hosted in France. The plan to choose: Ordalie, €0: 10 questions per week and 3 documents. For daily use: Ordalie PRO, €75 excl. tax per user per month.
With “Answer a project team’s question,” in Ordalie (Legal research, with your sources added). Allow 10 minutes the first time. A sourced answer, with a link to each text, that you turn into conditions for the team.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.