definiens: means all Applicable Laws that pertain to privacy or the processing of Personal Data, including ( i ) HIPAA,(ii ) the California Consumer Privacy Act, ( iii ) U.S. state data security laws and regulations such as the New York SHIELD Act, the MassachusettsStandards for the protection of personal information of residents of the Commonwealth, 201 CMR 17, all state data breach notification laws, and statebiometric privacy laws ; ( iv ) applicable requirements of comparable state and foreign Applicable Laws such as the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46 / ECof 24 October 1995, the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 / EU of April 27, 2016 and all corresponding member state legislation, the EUePrivacy Directive 2002/58 / EC of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communicationssector as amended by Directive 2006/24 / EC and Directive 2009/136 / EC and the related implementing legislation of the EU Member States, ( v ) The UnitedKingdom ’s Data Protection Act 2018, ( vi ) Section 5 of the 15 Federal Trade Commission Act as it applies to the receipt, access, use, disclosure, and security of consumer Personal Data, ( vii ) the Swiss Federal Acton Data Protection of June 19, 1992 ( DPA ) and its ordinances, ( viii ) the Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and ( ix ) CAN - SPAM, theTelephone Consumer Protection Act, Canada ’s anti - spam legislation and other similar Applicable Laws