The apparently extensive legal assessment you just described costed just 8'000 euro?
I am sorry but that had to be some hasty review at best. Do you take the full legal risk in case any of your customers would be found in violation of privacy laws because of using your service?
For reference, with similar hourly rates as Germany, reviewing a standard apartment-purchase contract cost me ~3500 euro.
We had someone with a lot of experience in this field working for very large German corporations and got a discount/startup bonus. I wouldn't call it cheap.
Imagine starting a business in Germany. How are you suppose to pay 30-50k for legal questions before selling anything?
The moment someone sues your customers, or some European agency will gets onto them, that 8000 euro opinion is all you're basing your company's legal security on. In that context, yes, this is being very cheap.
Analytics and other forms of tracking are not required to do do business. Don't try to skirt the law and you won't have as many legal questions to answer.
The apparently extensive legal assessment you just described costed just 8'000 euro?
I am sorry but that had to be some hasty review at best. Do you take the full legal risk in case any of your customers would be found in violation of privacy laws because of using your service?
For reference, with similar hourly rates as Germany, reviewing a standard apartment-purchase contract cost me ~3500 euro.