GDPR, UK GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, six US state laws, LGPD, PIPEDA, PDPL, and APP. See what each one asks of a WordPress site, and which parts of WPLP handle it.
Most privacy laws apply based on where your visitors and customers are, not where your business is registered. The laws below are grouped by region — find yours, then see what it requires and how WPLP helps meet it.
Australia
12 Mar 2014
Businesses with over AUD 3M annual turnover, plus health providers and data traders of any size.
United States
1 Jan 2020 / 1 Jan 2023
Businesses with $26.6M+ revenue, OR data on 100K+ CA consumers, OR 50%+ revenue from selling/sharing data.
United States
21 Apr 2000
Sites aimed at children under 13, or that knowingly collect their data.
United States
1 Jul 2023
Data on 100K+ CO consumers, OR 25K+ plus any revenue from data sales.
United States
1 Jul 2023
From 1 Jul 2026: data on 35K+ CT consumers, OR any sensitive data, OR sells data.
United Kingdom
25 May 2018
Organisations that process personal data in the UK (works with UK GDPR)
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 35K+ DE consumers, OR 10K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
European Union
25 May 2018
Organisations in the EU, or that offer goods to or track people in the EU
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 100K+ IN customers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 100K+ IA consumers OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 100K+ KY consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
Brazil
18 Sept 2020
Any organization that processes data in Brazil or of people in Brazil
United States
1 Oct 2026
Data on 35K+ MD consumers, OR 10K+ plus 20%+ revenue from data sales
United States
31 Jul 2025
Data on 100K+ MN consumers, OR 25K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Oct 2024
Data on 25K+ MT consumers, OR 15K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales (limits cut Oct 2025)
United States
1 Jan 2025
Businesses in NE that are not SBA-defined small businesses. No volume threshold.
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 35K+ NH consumers, OR 10K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
United States
15 Jan 2025
Data on 100K+ NJ consumers, OR 25K+ plus any revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jul 2024
Data on 100K+ OR consumers, OR 25K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
Canada
1 Jan 2001 (fully 2004)
Private businesses that collect personal data in commercial activity in Canada
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 35K+ RI consumers, OR 10K+ plus 20%+ revenue from data sales
Saudi Arabia
14 Sept 2024
Any organisation that processes data in Saudi Arabia or of its residents
United States
1 Jul 2025
$25M+ revenue AND data on 175K+ TN consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jul 2024
Businesses in TX that are not SBA-defined small businesses. No volume threshold
United Kingdom
1 Jan 2021
Any organisation that processes data in Saudi Arabia or of its residents
United States
31 Dec 2023
$25M+ revenue AND data on 100K+ UT consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2023
Data on 100K+ VA consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2020 / 1 Jan 2023
Businesses with $26.6M+ revenue, OR data on 100K+ CA consumers, OR 50%+ revenue from selling/sharing data.
United States
21 Apr 2000
Sites aimed at children under 13, or that knowingly collect their data.
United States
1 Jul 2023
Data on 100K+ CO consumers, OR 25K+ plus any revenue from data sales.
United States
1 Jul 2023
From 1 Jul 2026: data on 35K+ CT consumers, OR any sensitive data, OR sells data.
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 35K+ DE consumers, OR 10K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 100K+ IN customers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 100K+ IA consumers OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 100K+ KY consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Oct 2026
Data on 35K+ MD consumers, OR 10K+ plus 20%+ revenue from data sales
United States
31 Jul 2025
Data on 100K+ MN consumers, OR 25K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Oct 2024
Data on 25K+ MT consumers, OR 15K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales (limits cut Oct 2025)
United States
1 Jan 2025
Businesses in NE that are not SBA-defined small businesses. No volume threshold.
United States
1 Jan 2025
Data on 35K+ NH consumers, OR 10K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
United States
15 Jan 2025
Data on 100K+ NJ consumers, OR 25K+ plus any revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jul 2024
Data on 100K+ OR consumers, OR 25K+ plus 25%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2026
Data on 35K+ RI consumers, OR 10K+ plus 20%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jul 2025
$25M+ revenue AND data on 175K+ TN consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jul 2024
Businesses in TX that are not SBA-defined small businesses. No volume threshold
United States
31 Dec 2023
$25M+ revenue AND data on 100K+ UT consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United States
1 Jan 2023
Data on 100K+ VA consumers, OR 25K+ plus 50%+ revenue from data sales
United Kingdom
25 May 2018
Organisations that process personal data in the UK (works with UK GDPR)
United Kingdom
1 Jan 2021
Any organisation that processes data in Saudi Arabia or of its residents
European Union
25 May 2018
Organisations in the EU, or that offer goods to or track people in the EU
Canada
1 Jan 2001 (fully 2004)
Private businesses that collect personal data in commercial activity in Canada
Australia
12 Mar 2014
Businesses with over AUD 3M annual turnover, plus health providers and data traders of any size.
Brazil
18 Sept 2020
Any organization that processes data in Brazil or of people in Brazil
Saudi Arabia
14 Sept 2024
Any organisation that processes data in Saudi Arabia or of its residents
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GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, and COPPA sit inside WPLP Legal Pages’ free template set and WPLP Cookie Consent’s free law set. UK GDPR, PIPEDA, PDPL, and APP need a paid Compliance Dashboard tier for cookie-consent-specific coverage.
Often yes. A site with visitors in California and the EU may need to account for both CCPA and GDPR, regardless of where the business itself is based.
No single plugin makes a site automatically compliant with every law on its own. WPLP Legal Pages generates the privacy policy disclosures these laws require, and WPLP Cookie Consent handles consent-banner mechanics like Global Privacy Control, but the underlying business practices still matter.
No. Both are covered as part of the Compliance Dashboard’s paid-tier regional law coverage, alongside PIPEDA and UK GDPR, rather than as a standalone page. This page and the Compliance Dashboard hub are where that coverage is documented.
This page covers the laws with their own dedicated page today: GDPR, UK GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, six US state laws, LGPD, and PIPEDA, plus PDPL and APP as paid-tier cookie-consent coverage with no standalone page.
Not every country has a comprehensive privacy law yet, and this list reflects what WPLP currently supports, not every law that exists worldwide.
Take the free compliance audit to see which of these laws your site’s traffic may already trigger, then publish the disclosures and banner coverage that meet them, on WordPress.
