The CCPA and the GDPR Are Not the Same: Why You Should Understand Both

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) are milestone pieces of legislation, in major markets, one on each side of the Atlantic. While the CCPA has not had the international impact that the GDPR has and is considered to have been influenced by the latter, it is no “GDPR clone.” The result is that corporations must understand both pieces of legislation and their differences, in order to formulate compliance strategies going f