Data Protection Act 2018

Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2013)U.K.

287U.K.Regulation 3 of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (exclusions) is amended as follows.

288U.K.In paragraph (1)(b) for “the Data Protection Directive and the Telecommunications Data Protection Directive” substitute “ the GDPR ”.

289U.K.In paragraph (3)—

(a)omit the definitions of “Data Protection Directive” and “Telecommunications Data Protection Directive”, and

(b)at the appropriate place insert—

the GDPR” means 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 (General Data Protection Regulation);.