Judgment_paragraph 64 · WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers (C-37/20)

64More specifically, derogations from and limitations on the protection of personal data should apply only in so far as is strictly necessary, it being understood that where there is a choice between several measures appropriate to meeting the legitimate objectives pursued, recourse must be had to the least onerous. In addition, an objective of general interest may not be pursued without having regard to the fact that it must be reconciled with the fundamental rights affected by the measure, by properly balancing the objective of general interest against the rights at issue, in order to ensure that the disadvantages caused by that measure are not disproportionate to the aims pursued. Thus, the question whether a limitation on the rights guaranteed in Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter may be justified must be assessed by measuring the seriousness of the interference which such a limitation entails and by verifying that the importance of the objective of general interest pursued by that limitation is proportionate to that seriousness (see, to that effect, judgments of 26 April 2022, Poland v Parliament and Council, C‑401/19, EU:C:2022:297, paragraph 65, and of 21 June 2022, Ligue des droits humains, C‑817/19, EU:C:2022:491, paragraphs 115 and 116 and the case-law cited).