definiens: means all data protection and privacy and direct marketing laws which are applicable to each AcquiredGroup Company and its operations from time to time, including, where applicable, the Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data ProtectionRegulation ( ), the Privacy and Electronic Communications ( EC Directive ) Regulations 2003 ( as amended by the UK Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications ( Amendments etc . ) ( EU Exit ) Regulations 2019 ), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Actof 1996, 42 U.S.C. § § 1320d-1329d-8 and U.S. state data breach notiﬁcation laws, and the General Data Protection Regulation ( EU 2016/679)and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time and any successorlegislation to the same ; and,,,,,, and have the meanings given in the UK - GDPR