Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-205/21Criminal proceedings against V.S
- Decided
- 2023-01-26
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2023:49
- CELEX
- 62021CJ0205
- 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 – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(a) to (c) – Principles relating to processing of personal data – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6(a) – Clear distinction between personal data of different categories of data subjects – Article 8 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 10 – Transposition – Processing of biometric data and genetic data – Concept of ‘processing authorised by Member State law’ – Concept of ‘strictly necessary’ – Discretion – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8, 47, 48 and 52 – Right to effective judicial protection – Presumption of innocence – Limitation – Intentional criminal offence subject to public prosecution – Accused persons – Collection of photographic and dactyloscopic data in order for them to be entered in a record and taking of a biological sample for the purpose of creating a DNA profile – Procedure for enforcement of collection – Systematic nature of the collection.
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Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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