11 Apr 2022
During the past decade, the regulation of cybersecurity has become a very hot topic in the world as a result of an increase in the level of importance attributed to data and privacy as well as the digitalisation of […]
16 Mar 2022
1. Cloud Computing 1.1 Laws and Regulations Although there are no specific laws for regulating cloud computing in Turkey, certain rules prescribed in several laws and secondary legislation concerning cloud computing apply in most cases. These rules are mainly […]
1 Feb 2022
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) made a public announcement regarding the processing of personal data by sending a verification code to the data subjects via SMS during in-store shopping (“Announcement”) and published a summary of decision dated 3 […]
1 Feb 2022
The Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Personnel Certification Mechanism (“Communiqué”) prepared by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) was published in Official Gazette numbered 31681 on dated 6 December 2021, as effective of even date. The procedures […]
24 Dec 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board issued its decision dated 20 January 2020 and numbered 2020/50 regarding the personal data breach notification of an apparel firm, on its official website. The Board found it acceptable that the data controller residing […]
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. […]
22 Nov 2021
Regulation Amending the Regulation regarding the Procedures and Principles on Implementation of the Law on the Electronic Signature (“Amendment Regulation”) issued by the Information and Technologies Authority (“ICTA”) has been published on 15 October 2021, in Official Gazette numbered […]
22 Nov 2021
Personal Data Protection Authority has published guidelines (“Guidelines”) regulating the rights of the data subjects regarding the request to be forgotten, specific to search engines. The Guidelines, published by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) with the aim of […]
14 Oct 2021
A new development is added to the recent studies in artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation in Turkey. After the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which we included in the MA Gazette Edition 107, another study came from the Personal Data Protection […]
14 Oct 2021
On 16 September 2021, the Personal Data Protection Authority published certain guidelines on the processing of biometric data by data controllers (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines consider biometric data generally as personal data the processing of which may reasonably result […]
