Case C-484/24, NTH Haustechnik: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 18 June 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Niedersachsen – Germany) – NTH Haustechnik GmbH v EM (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(e) – Storage limitation – Point (e) of the first subparagraph of Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing such data relating to a contract of employment in judicial proceedings – Article 17(3)(e) – No obligation to erase such data where processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims – Data collected by the employer with a view to proving a serious failure by the employee to comply with his or her obligations – Use of evidence obtained unlawfully)