SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)

Schwarz

C-291/12 Case

CJEU

Personal data

Oct 17, 2013 Source

Case Excerpts (2)

summary

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).