



On September 13, 2022, Egnyte co-hosted a live virtual event with data privacy experts including former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. The discussion addressed the implications of recent and upcoming U.S. state and federal legislations. Watch the replay on demand.
GDPR uniformly strengthened individuals' data privacy rights in the European Union(EU). It also reduced the compliance burden for companies and public entities, by providing a single set of rules for all EU member states to follow.
Previously, all member states enacted their own data protection legislation, resulting in uneven data privacy protection across member countries. Separate member state requirements also made regulatory compliance challenging for companies impacted by the standards. Learn more about GDPR compliance requirements with this guide.
GDPR’s reach is expansive: Any company that stores or processes personal information about European Union (EU) citizens or persons who are present in the EU must comply with GDPR, regardless of the company’s size. The company doesn’t need to have a business presence within the EU to be subject to the regulation.
The following information is current as February 2026:
Read more about GPDR’s requirements in this guide to stay compliant.
At their core, both data privacy regulations are significant. The CPRA expanded data privacy protections beyond the CCPA by:
Learn more about the differences between these regulations with our CPRA guide.
Not all businesses need to comply with the CPRA. As of February 2026, CPRA compliance is required if your company generates gross revenue of more than $25 million a year, handles data of 100,000 or more consumers/households, or makes at least 50% of its revenue from selling personal information.
As of February 2026, monetary damages (charged per consumer/per data breach incident) range from $107 per consumer/ incident to $799 per consumer/incident. Administrative fines, civil penalties, and daily compensation rates for board members also apply. Complete details are available on the California Privacy Protection Agency’s Website.
Yes, classification of sensitive information (including CPRA and GDPR data) can be performed with AI-powered data governance platforms like Egnyte.
In particular, you can detect PHI and PII that isn’t adequately protected and move it to a more secure location. Watch this product tour to learn more about how data classification works.