17.

The previous § 28 shall become §15, and the words ‘with foreign public agencies’ shall
be added to the title.

18.

The previous § 29 shall become § 16 and be amended as follows:
(a)

The words ‘with foreign public agencies’ shall be added to the title.

(b)

In paragraph (1), first sentence, the words ‘information including personal data’
shall be replaced by the words ‘personal data’, and the words ‘with foreign public
agencies’ shall be inserted after the word ‘files’.

(c)

Paragraph (2), second sentence shall be amended as follows:
‘§ 32(4) and (8) and § 33(1) and (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.’

(d)
19.

20.

21.

In paragraph (4), the words ‘of controls on data processing including’ shall be
inserted after the word ‘performance’.

The previous § 30 shall become § 17 and be amended as follows:
(a)

In the first sentence, ‘§ 26’ shall be replaced by ‘§ 13’.

(b)

In the second sentence, ‘§ 29’ shall be replaced by ‘§ 16’.

The previous § 31 shall become § 18 and be amended as follows:
(a)

In the title, the word ‘information’ shall be replaced by the words ‘personal data’.

(b)

The word ‘information’ shall be replaced by the words ‘personal data’ and ‘§ 23
and § 24’ by ‘§ 10 and § 11’.

The following Section 4 shall be inserted after the new § 18:
‘Section 4
Technical surveillance

Subsection 1
Processing of personal data in the course of strategic foreign telecommunications surveillance
§ 19
Strategic foreign communication surveillance
(1)
The Federal Intelligence Service may, in carrying out its tasks, process using technical
resources personal data of foreign nationals abroad on the basis of previously ordered
strategic surveillance measures (strategic foreign telecommunications surveillance), insofar
as this is necessary for the purposes of
1.

political briefing of the Federal Government or of a Land government; or

2.

early detection of foreign threats of international significance.

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