Baptism records can face GDPR erasure, EU court opinion says
( October 1, 2026, 08:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Belgium’s Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent could have to erase identifying data from a baptismal register, Advocate General Laila Medina said Thursday in a nonbinding opinion for the EU Court of Justice. A Belgian court must weigh the church’s reasons for keeping the data against the data subject's rights, according to a press release. If retention is unjustified, crossing out the data while leaving it legible is insufficient, Medina said.The press release is attached. The case reference is C-12/25. ...
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