COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACTS: A COMPARISON

Colorado Consumer Privacy Act (CO CPA) (Colorado Revised Statutes ,“C.RS §6-1), which went into effect on September 1, 2018, was considered among the most demanding in the nation.  However, California Consumer Privacy Act (CaliCPA), which will go into effect on January 1, 2020, seems to surpass the CO CPA and is considered one of the strictest data privacy and digital consumer rights laws within the US borders.  CaliCPA practically brings the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws into U.S. legislation, setting the stage for a new era in digital regulation.