(1) Application for, issuance of and handing over of identity cards may not serve as a reason to store the necessary information and biometric features anywhere but by the issuing identity card authorities pursuant to Section 7 (1) and (2) according to the provisions of Sections 23 through 25. The same shall apply to the accompanying documents necessary for issuing identity cards and to the personal storage medium.
(2) Fingerprint records stored by the identity card authority shall be erased at the latest when the identity card is handed over to the card applicant.
(3) Only the card manufacturer shall be allowed to keep a central record of all serial numbers; such a record shall be used only to keep track of the whereabouts of identity cards. It shall be unlawful for the card manufacturer to store any other personal data of the card applicant unless they are exclusively and temporarily needed for manufacturing the identity card; these data shall be subsequently erased.
(4) No nationwide database of biometric features shall be established.