In order to better guarantee the protection of children and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, the fingerprints and a photograph of foreign nationals declaring themselves to be minors temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family may be taken, stored and be subject to automated processing under the conditions laid down by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.