Germany's federal data protection act, implementing the General Data Protection Regulation. With the passage of the GDPR, it replaced a previous law with the same name (hence "neu" in common parlance) and enhanced a series of other acts mainly in areas of law enforcement and intelligence services. Furthermore, the new version suggests a procedure for national data protection authorities to challenge adequacy decisions of the EU Commission.
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