The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled “that although the taking and storing of fingerprints for passports breached privacy and personal data rights, it did not breach the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and was in line with EU law,” EUObserver reports. While the charter includes an explicit right to the protection of personal data, the ECJ determined the privacy infringement is justified to reduce fraudulent use of passports. “The contested measures pursue, in particular, the general interest objective of preventing illegal entry into the EU. To that end, they are intended to prevent the falsification of passports and the fraudulent use thereof," the court has said.
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