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>I am located in Germany, but if I would start a SAAS site today, I wouldn't try to sell to the EU. Just isn't worth the trouble.

If you're located in Germany then the GDPR applies irrespective of where your users are. It applies because you - as a data controller or processor - are in the EU.

You would have to be established outside of the EU in addition to not targeting EU users in order to not be bound by the GDPR.




Yes, you need something like Stripe Atlas...




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