6 Jul 2021
The following are summaries of five recent decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”). Decision No. 2021/470: The data subject requested transaction list regarding a meal pass provided by her employer. The data controller company sent the transaction […]
18 Jun 2021
We have previously discussed in our article titled “Turkey Moves To Regulate Electric Scooters” the trends and developments in micro-mobility market and the legislative landscape and efforts in Turkey in respect of regulation of e-scooter businesses. This time, we […]
9 Jun 2021
The following are summaries of four recent decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”). Decision No. 2021/140: Complainant alleged that third party’s accessing certain real property tax and valuation information, using complainant’s ID number alone as a search […]
2 Jun 2021
1. LEGISLATION | NOTABLE CASE LAW 1.1. List any specific whistleblowing legislation No specific whistleblowing legislation exists in Turkey. However, certain provisions in various laws and sub-legislation applies to whistleblowing including those listed below in 1.3. European Union’s adoption […]
27 May 2021
Non-fungible tokens (“NFT”s) have taken internet by storm after the sale of a JPEG image in NFT format for 69.4 million USD on March 11, 2021. Following this sale, the sale of tweets, videos, and other digital content in […]
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 […]
