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title: "Art. 38 DSA: Recommender systems"
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_38"
source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
text_as_of: "2022-10-27"
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publisher: "DPO School"
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Art. 38 DSA · Chapter III: DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT · Section 5: Additional obligations for providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines to manage systemic risks

# Article 38 DSA: Recommender systems

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

In addition to the requirements set out in Article 27, providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines that use recommender systems shall provide at least one option for each of their recommender systems which is not based on profiling as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 38 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_38)

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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