1. This Regulation applies to the processing of electronic data other than personal data in the Union, which is:
(a)
provided as a service to users residing or having an establishment in the Union, regardless of whether the service provider is established or not in the Union; or
(b)
carried out by a natural or legal person residing or having an establishment in the Union for its own needs.
2. In the case of a data set composed of both personal and non-personal data, this Regulation applies to the non-personal data part of the data set. Where personal and non-personal data in a data set are inextricably linked, this Regulation shall not prejudice the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
3. This Regulation does not apply to an activity which falls outside the scope of Union law.
This Regulation is without prejudice to laws, regulations, and administrative provisions that relate to the internal organisation of Member States and that allocate, among public authorities and bodies governed by public law defined in point (4) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU, powers and responsibilities for the processing of data without contractual remuneration of private parties, as well as the laws, regulations, and administrative provisions of Member States that provide for the implementation of those powers and responsibilities.