Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-118/22NG v Direktor na Glavna direktsia ‘Natsionalna politsia’ pri Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti – Sofia
- Decided
- 2024-01-30
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2024:97
- CELEX
- 62022CJ0118
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of combating crime – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(c) and (e) – Data minimisation – Limitation of storage – Article 5 – Appropriate time limits for erasure or for a periodic review of the need for the storage – Article 10 – Processing of biometric and genetic data – Strict necessity – Article 16(2) and (3) – Right to erasure – Restriction of processing – Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Natural person convicted by final judgment and subsequently legally rehabilitated – Storage of data until death – No right to erasure or restriction of processing – Proportionality.
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Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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