62First, Article 2(2)(a) of the GDPR provides that that regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data ‘in the course of an activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’. That exception to the applicability of the GDPR must, like the other exceptions laid down in Article 2(2), be interpreted strictly (see, to that effect, judgments of 9 July 2020, Land Hessen, C‑272/19, EU:C:2020:535, paragraph 68, and of 16 July 2020, Facebook Ireland and Schrems, C‑311/18, EU:C:2020:559, paragraph 84).
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