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CJEU: Taking and storing fingerprints in passports constitutes processing of personal data
Processing: Taking and storing fingerprints constitute processing.
Original title: SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)
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(¶¶ 28–29)
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Processing: Taking and storing fingerprints constitute processing. (¶¶ 28–29)
¶28 excerpt
In addition, as can be seen from Article 2(b) of Directive 95/46, processing of personal data means any operation performed upon such data by a third party, such as the collecting, recording, storage, consultation or use thereof.
¶29 excerpt
Applying Article 1(2) of Regulation No 2252/2004 means that national authorities are to take a person’s fingerprints and that those fingerprints are to be kept in the storage medium in that person’s passport. Such measures must therefore be viewed as a processing of personal data.
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