Article 1 — Purpose and Scope

1. 1.

   This Code is enacted pursuant to Article 46(5) of the Fundamental Laws of the State of the Kaharagians and establishes the rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the rules relating to the free movement of such data within the Kaharagian legal order.

2. 2.

   This Code protects the fundamental right to the protection of personal data of every natural person whose data is processed within the scope defined by this Article.

3. 3.

   This Code applies to the processing of personal data carried out by:

   1. the State and all its organs, departments, agencies, and instrumentalities;
   2. Kaharagian legal persons, wherever they may be established or operate;
   3. any natural or legal person who has submitted to the jurisdiction of the State, to the extent that such processing concerns the personal data of Kaharagian nationals, residents, or other persons whose data falls within the Kaharagian legal order.
4. 4.

   This Code does not apply to the processing of personal data by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity that has no connection to a professional, commercial, or official purpose.

5. 5.

   The State of the Kaharagians exercises sovereignty on a personal and digital basis without physical territory. The provisions of this Code shall be interpreted in light of this character.

6. 6.

   Nothing in this Code shall be construed so as to diminish or restrict the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Fundamental Laws. Where a provision of this Code conflicts with a provision of the Fundamental Laws, the Fundamental Laws shall prevail.