APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System vs GDPR
What is the difference between APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System and GDPR?
APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System is a privacy framework applying in Asia-Pacific (APEC), with 59 controls across 17 domains. GDPR is a privacy framework applying in the European Union, with 40 controls across 4 domains. Both govern the same subject, so their requirements overlap; the mapping below shows which controls carry across and which are asked for by only one of them.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System into GDPR
32.5%13 of 40 GDPR controls carry evidence from APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System, leaving 27 to satisfy separately.
53 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →GDPR into APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System
72.9%43 of 59 APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System controls carry evidence from GDPR, leaving 16 to satisfy separately.
66 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System and GDPR
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