The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in case C-118/22 that police and law enforcement agencies may not store biometric and genetic data of individuals convicted of a crime indefinitely. The
The CJEU added that member states should implement national legislation requiring controllers to periodically review whether retention is still necessary and to provide the data subject with the right to have such data erased where ongoing storage is no longer justified.
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