The collection of biometric data by a police authority as part of a criminal investigation can only be justified by absolute necessity, ruled the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a judgment handed down on Thursday 19 March (Case C-371/24).
In France, an individual is challenging French legislation’s compliance with the Directive (2016/680) governing personal data processing in the context of criminal offences. Contrary to the Criminal Court, Paris that convicted him, he...