Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 December 2022.#VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad - Blagoevgrad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 2, 4 and 6 – Applicability of Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of ‘legitimate interest’ – Concept of ‘task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority’ – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Articles 1, 3, 4, 6 and 9 – Lawfulness of the processing of personal data collected in the course of a criminal investigation – Subsequent processing of data relating to a presumed victim of a criminal offence for the purpose of making a formal accusation in respect of him or her – Concept of purpose ‘other than that for which the personal data are collected’ – Data used by the public prosecutor’s office of a Member State for the purposes of its defence in an action for damages against the State.#Case C-180/21.