European Court Of Human Rights | September 2017:
This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive.
Personal Data Protection:
“The mere storing of data relating to the private life of an individual amounts to an interference within the meaning ofArticle 8 [of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence] …
The subsequent use of the stored information has no bearing on that finding… However, in determining whether the personal information retained by the authorities involves any …private-life[aspect]… , the Court will have due regard tothe specific context in which the information at issue has been recorded and retained, the nature of the records, the way in which these records are used and processed and the results that may be obtained …” (S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom, judgment (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2008, § 67)
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