Source: OJ L 277, 27/10/2022, p. 1–102Consolidated text

Current language: DE

Artikel 38 Empfehlungssysteme


Summary What does Article 38 of the DSA regulation say?

This brief but targeted article builds directly on Article 27, which sets out general transparency requirements for recommender systems.

Going a step further, Article 38 imposes an additional obligation specifically on providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines: they must offer users at least one alternative version of each recommender system they use that does not rely on profiling.

The definition of profiling referenced here comes from the EU's data protection framework under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR).

Important points:

  • Providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines that use recommender systems must offer at least one non-profiling-based option for each such system.
  • This obligation is in addition to, not a replacement of, the requirements already set out in Article 27.
  • The concept of "profiling" is drawn directly from GDPR (Article 4, point (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679), anchoring this requirement within the broader EU data protection framework.

Springlex's summary of the article is a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Zusätzlich zu den in Artikel 27 festgelegten Anforderungen legen die Anbieter sehr großer Online-Plattformen und sehr großer Online-Suchmaschinen, die Empfehlungssysteme verwenden, mindestens eine Option für jedes ihrer Empfehlungssysteme vor, die nicht auf Profiling gemäß Artikel 4 Absatz 4 der Verordnung (EU) 2016/679 beruht.

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