13 Apr 2020
During the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, governments benefit from technological opportunities as well as traditional measures such as social distance and social isolation. In this context, with its public announcement, Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has determined general principles […]
10 Apr 2020
The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) announced that in addition to students’ personal data such as name-surname, some special categories of data that can be considered biometric data such as voice and video-image, are processed through remote learning platforms. […]
31 Mar 2020
During the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases personal data including special kinds of personal data is processed. In this context, the public announcement of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”), has stated that provision of health services […]
31 Mar 2020
The Law number 7226 regulated that the Information and Communication Technologies Authority should share electronic communication data such as mobile location data with administrative authorities, if requested in the following cases; Within the scope of search and rescue activities […]
31 Mar 2020
On 23 March 2020, the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) announced that the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) will take into account the extraordinary conditions that data controllers are in, while evaluating data controllers’ compliance with the necessary time […]
22 Oct 2019
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) fined Facebook due to failure to take the necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent possible data breaches and to notify the Board of such breach. Facebook representatives informed the Board on 25 […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has extended the deadline for registration with the Data Controller Registry System (“VERBİS”) to 31 December 2019, for certain data controllers. As stated in our previous article, data controllers which employ 50 or […]
8 Aug 2019
The Presidential Circular numbered 2019/2 on Information and Communication Security Measures (the “Circular”) was published in Official Gazette number 30823 on 6 July 2019. The Circular outlines the security measures to be taken in order to reduce and neutralize […]
30 Apr 2019
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) clarified certain matters regulated under the Law on Personal Data Protection (“DP Law”) with the decision summaries published on 3 April 2019. The Board’s decisions and events subject to them are as follows: […]
7 Mar 2019
Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has clarified the periods for filing complaints to the Board and applying to data controllers stipulated under Articles 13 and 14 of the Protection of Personal Data Code (“Code”), with its Decision (“Decision”) dated […]
