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In its ruling of 18 June 2026 (No. 73/2026), the Belgian Constitutional Court held that Articles 51/5, 51/8, 51/10, 57/1, § 3, first paragraph, 57/5ter, § 1, 57/6/7, § 4, first paragraph, and 57/24, first paragraph, of the Aliens Act, constitute a breach of Article 22 of the Constitution, read in conjunction with Article 6(3) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in so far as they permit a personal interview to be conducted by videoconference and do not mention what metadata are being used and for what purposes, do not specify which categories of persons have access to the metadata, and do not provide for a data retention period.