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CJEU: Fingerprints constitute personal data under EU data protection law
Personal data: Fingerprints constitute personal data, as they objectively contain unique information about individuals which allows them to be identified with precision.
Original title: SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)
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(¶ 27)
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Personal data: Fingerprints constitute personal data, as they objectively contain unique information about individuals which allows them to be identified with precision. (¶ 27)
¶27 excerpt
Fingerprints constitute personal data, as they objectively contain unique information about individuals which allows those individuals to be identified with precision (see, to that effect, in particular, European Court of Human Rights judgment in S. and Marper v. United Kingdom, §§ 68 and 84, ECHR 2008).