Case C-118/22, Direktor na Glavna direktsia "Natsionalna politsia" pri MVR – Sofia, Judgement of the Court of 30 January 2024 (Grand Chamber)

Protection of natural persons with regard to the

processing of personal data for the purpose of

combating crime under Directive (EU) 2016/680

(LED); Storage of personal data of convicted

persons until death – No right of the data subject

to have the data erased or to have the processing

of the data restricted; No duty on the data

controller to review periodically whether that

storage is still necessary; violation of

proportionality principle.