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2.—(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1 (subject-matter and objectives), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“2. This Regulation contributes to the protection of individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms.”.
(3) In Article 4 (definitions), for point (28) substitute—
“(28) references to fundamental rights or fundamental freedoms (however expressed) are to the Convention rights within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998.”.
(4) In Article 9(2)(g) (processing of special categories of personal data), omit “, respect the essence of the right to data protection”.
(5) In Article 9(2)(j) (processing of special categories of personal data), omit “, respect the essence of the right to data protection”.
(6) In Article 50(b) (international cooperation for the protection of personal data), omit “other”.
(7) In Article 85(2) (processing and freedom of expression and information), omit “the right to”.
(8) In Article 86(1) (processing and public access to official documents), omit “the right to”.
EUR 2016/679, amended by S.I. 2019/419. S.I. 2019/419 was amended by S.I. 2020/1586.
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