Discounted regulatory costs

This chart compares discounted regulatory costs in implementing two key California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provisions over a ten-year period, the risk assessment (RA) requirements and the automated decision-making technology (ADMT) rules. Five estimates are provided. The SRIA estimates are the official government estimates from California's Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment (SRIA), which assumes an averaged business compliance. The SRIA full compliance number assumes all covered businesses will need to comply with regulations. ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all assume every business will need to comply. All values represent the discounted present value of ten years of regulatory compliance costs, using a federal discount rate of 2%. Each estimate shows a range from low to high projections.