CCPA/CPRA vs GDPR
What is the difference between CCPA/CPRA and GDPR?
CCPA/CPRA is a other framework applying in the United States - California, with 57 controls across 10 domains. GDPR is a privacy framework applying in the European Union, with 41 controls across 5 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
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.
CCPA/CPRA into GDPR
31.7%13 of 41 GDPR controls carry evidence from CCPA/CPRA, leaving 28 to satisfy separately.
37 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 CCPA/CPRA
19.1%17 of 89 CCPA/CPRA controls carry evidence from GDPR, leaving 72 to satisfy separately.
34 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 CCPA/CPRA and GDPR
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