Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 November 2024.#Criminal proceedings against V.S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(a) to (c) – Article 8(1) and (2) – Article 10 – Accused person – Police record containing biometric and genetic data – Enforcement – Objectives of prevention and detection of criminal offences – Interpretation of the judgment of 26 January 2023, Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti (Recording of biometric and genetic data by the police) (C‑205/21, EU:C:2023:49) – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law – Assessment of whether it is ‘strictly necessary’ for the competent authorities to process sensitive data – Role of the competent authorities.#Case C-80/23.