23 Jun 2023
The European Union Commission (“EU Commission”) published the 2023 Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Third Countries (“Report”). The report categorizes countries according to the extent and persistence of problems in protecting intellectual property […]
27 Jul 2022
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has published two decisions that would affect the practice in the banking sector, underlining that the processing of the personal data of the bank customers and transferring them to the third parties by […]
24 Dec 2021
Law numbered 7343 on the Amendments to the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law and Certain Laws (“Amendment Law”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 30 November 2021 and numbered 31675 and entered into effect on the same day. With […]
9 Dec 2021
The following law(s) specifically govern personal data / information: Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“ Law ”) is the main law governing personal data. Other than that, Electronic Communication Law No. 5809, The Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
