11 May 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board published three recent decisions concerning processing of personal data. Each is summarized below. Decision No.2020/746: Data subject’s request to receive, by Registered Electronic Mail (KEP), audio recording of interview with data controller is within […]
23 Apr 2021
Children, due to their limited life experience and propensity for risk taking relative to adults, are generally considered particularly vulnerable to online personal data intrusions and theft. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 6 February 2020, and numbered 2020/93, in response to data-subjects (“Petitioners”) seeking modification or deletion of certain non-current health data, the availability of which was negatively impacting their lives. […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 30 June 2020, and numbered 2020/508, on requests by certain attorneys for an order of the Board directing removal of their professional profiles – which include personal data – […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 17 September 2020, and numbered 2020/710. The decision was in response to a data subject’s (“Petitioner”) complaint alleging that in furtherance of enforcement proceedings pending against Petitioner in bankruptcy […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 8 December 2020, and numbered 2020/927, on a data subject-university lecturer’s (“Petitioner”) request to be excluded from results of search engine queries about certain scandalous but unproven information regarding […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 27 January 2020, and numbered 2020/50, regarding a data controller’s processing of personal data from a business email account without express consent. In the instant case, certain personal data […]
28 Jan 2021
Almost five years passed since the enactment of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, whilst much of what were once considered standard business practices in Turkey have become obsolete, if not unlawful. Organizations are now required to implement within […]
11 Dec 2020
Information and Communication Technologies Authority’s (“ICTA”) long-awaited Regulation on Process of Personal Data and Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communication Sector (“Regulation”) has been published on the Official Gazette number 31324 dated 4 December 2020. The Regulation will enter […]
19 Nov 2020
On 6 November 2020, Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority published a summary of a decision dated 10 September 2020 and numbered 2020/791 on its website regarding the processing of the mobile phone number of a data subject by an […]
