# Position of the data protection officer 38(4) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (38(4)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-38#par-4
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Part of **Position of the data protection officer** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-38).

## Provision text

### 38(4)

Data subjects may contact the data protection officer with regard to all issues related to processing of their personal data and to the exercise of their rights under this Regulation.


## Topics on this provision

- **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)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.#Marián Kočner v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).#Appeal – Law enforcement cooperation – Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Article 49(3) and Article 50 – Protection of personal data – Unlawful data processing – Criminal proceedings brought in Slovakia against the appellant – Expert’s report drawn up by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the purposes of the investigation – Retrieval** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132271
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.#Marián Kočner v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).#Appeal – Law enforcement cooperation – Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Article 49(3) and Article 50 – Protection of personal data – Unlawful data processing – Criminal proceedings brought in Slovakia against the appellant – Expert’s report drawn up by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the purposes of the investigation – Retrieval** ¶122 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132271
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.#Marián Kočner v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).#Appeal – Law enforcement cooperation – Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Article 49(3) and Article 50 – Protection of personal data – Unlawful data processing – Criminal proceedings brought in Slovakia against the appellant – Expert’s report drawn up by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the purposes of the investigation – Retrieval** ¶121 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132271
- **Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 9794895** (enforcement) — https://overview.legal/posts/6314

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