# Positie van de functionaris voor gegevensbescherming 38(1) — AVG — provision context

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Part of **Positie van de functionaris voor gegevensbescherming** (AVG, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/avg/art-38).

## Provision text

### 38(1)

De verwerkingsverantwoordelijke en de verwerker zorgen ervoor dat de functionaris voor gegevensbescherming naar behoren en tijdig wordt betrokken bij alle aangelegenheden die verband houden met de bescherming van persoonsgegevens.


## Topics on this provision

- **Data Controller** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerkingsverantwoordelijke
  The entity that determines purposes and means of processing personal data
- **Data Processor** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerker
  The entity that processes personal data on behalf of the controller
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Supervisory Authorities** — https://overview.legal/topics/supervisory-authorities
  National data protection authorities and their powers
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Contribution of the EDPB to the European Commission’s evaluation of the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (‘‘LED’’) under Article 62 LED** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53750
- **EDPB Annual Report 2024** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50818

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