GDPR vs CCPA/CPRA
What is the difference between GDPR and CCPA/CPRA?
GDPR is a privacy framework applying in the European Union, with 40 controls across 4 domains. CCPA/CPRA is a other framework applying in the United States - California, with 30 controls across 6 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
32.5%13 of 40 GDPR controls carry evidence from CCPA/CPRA, leaving 27 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
56.7%17 of 30 CCPA/CPRA controls carry evidence from GDPR, leaving 13 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 GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
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