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

> Focused context for a single provision (37(c)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-10-06. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-37#par-1-pnt-c
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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(c)

the 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.


## Topics on this provision

- **Criminal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/criminal-data
  Processing of criminal convictions and offences
- **Types of Special Categories of Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/special-categories-data-types
  A dedicated topic is needed to comprehensively cover the specific types and definitions of special categories of personal data, including racial/ethnic origin, 
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Garante fines Lusha Systems Inc. over unauthorized B2B contact database** (enforcement) — https://overview.legal/posts/184678
- **Garante fines Lusha Systems Inc. over unauthorized B2B contact database** §179 (enforcement, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy)) — https://overview.legal/posts/184678
- **Garante fines Lusha Systems Inc. over unauthorized B2B contact database** §57 (enforcement, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy)) — https://overview.legal/posts/184678

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