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GDPR artikel 37: Designation of the data protection officer

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CELEX 32016R0679 · 2026-08-18 · Weight 106 · minimal-risk

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• public_authorityProcessing is carried out by a public authorityboolean
• core_regular_monitoringCore activities involve regular and systematic monitoring on a large scaleboolean
• core_special_categoriesCore activities are large scale processing of special categoriesboolean

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1. If: någon(public_authority = true, core_regular_monitoring = true, core_special_categories = true)

   A data protection officer shall be designated

   The officer shall be designated on the basis of professional qualities, and the contact details shall be published and communicated to the supervisory authority.

   Paragraph 1, 5, 7

2. If: alla(public_authority = false, core_regular_monitoring = false, core_special_categories = false)

   The obligation does not follow from Article 37(1)

   A voluntarily designated officer is still covered by Articles 37 to 39. National law may require one in further cases.

   Paragraph 1, 4

If no rule matches: None of the article's conditions are met with the facts supplied. Supply more facts or read the article in full.

The article text as read

1. 11. The controller and the processor shall designate a data protection officer in any case where:
2. 2(a)
3. 3the processing is carried out by a public authority or body, except for courts acting in their judicial capacity;
4. 4(b)
5. 5the core activities of the controller or the processor consist of processing operations which, by virtue of their nature, their scope and/or their purposes, require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale; or
6. 6(c)
7. 7the core activities of the controller or the processor consist of processing on a large scale of special categories of data pursuant to Article 9 and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences referred to in Article 10.
8. 82. A group of undertakings may appoint a single data protection officer provided that a data protection officer is easily accessible from each establishment.
9. 93. Where the controller or the processor is a public authority or body, a single data protection officer may be designated for several such authorities or bodies, taking account of their organisational structure and size.
10. 104. In cases other than those referred to in paragraph 1, the controller or processor or associations and other bodies representing categories of controllers or processors may or, where required by Union or Member State law shall, designate a data protection officer. The data protection officer may act for such associations and other bodies representing controllers or processors.
11. 115. The data protection officer shall be designated on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and the ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 39.
12. 126. The data protection officer may be a staff member of the controller or processor, or fulfil the tasks on the basis of a service contract.
13. 137. The controller or the processor shall publish the contact details of the data protection officer and communicate them to the supervisory authority.

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Citation: 32016R0679 art. 37, Designation of the data protection officer. ExploreWorld Legal, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/agent/gdpr-2016-679/artikel-37 (hämtad 2026-08-18, bevis sha256:403590a142f07395, bygge legal-2026-08-25).