# Designation of the data protection officer 37(b) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Designation of the data protection officer** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-37).

## Provision text

### 37(b)

the 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


## Topics on this provision

- **Monitoring** — https://overview.legal/topics/monitoring
  Systematic observation and tracking of individuals
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Spanish court reviews DPA decision on KFC Spain website privacy information and DPO** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184690
- **Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 February 2023.#X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG v FC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition on dismissing data protection officer for performing his or her tasks – Requirement for functional independence – National legislation prohibiting** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132296
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2022.#Leistritz AG v LH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Second sentence of Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition of the dismissal, by a controller or processor, of a data protection officer or of the imposition, by a controller or processor, of a penalty on h** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132310
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2022.#Leistritz AG v LH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Second sentence of Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition of the dismissal, by a controller or processor, of a data protection officer or of the imposition, by a controller or processor, of a penalty on h** ¶8 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132310
- **Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 February 2023.#X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG v FC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition on dismissing data protection officer for performing his or her tasks – Requirement for functional independence – National legislation prohibiting** ¶8 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132296
- **Opinion 08/2024 on Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models Implemented by Large Online Platforms** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125765
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the European Commission’s evaluation of the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (LED) under Article 62** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125973
- **Guidelines 01/2023 on Article 37 Law Enforcement Directive** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125738

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