Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 30 January 2024.#NG v Direktor na Glavna direktsia ‘Natsionalna politsia’ pri Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti – Sofia.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of combating crime – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(c) and (e) – Data minimisation – Limitation of storage – Article 5 – Appropriate time limits for erasure or for a periodic review of the need for the storage – Article 10 – Processing of biometric and genetic data – Strict necessity – Article 16(2) and (3) – Right to erasure – Restriction of processing – Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Natural person convicted by final judgment and subsequently legally rehabilitated – Storage of data until death – No right to erasure or restriction of processing