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 […]
6 Jul 2021
On 4 June 2021, a new Regulation on Disclosure of Confidential Client Information drafted by the Banking Regulatory and Supervisory Authority, (“Regulation”) has been published in Official Gazette numbered 31501. The Regulation will be effective as of 1 January […]
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 […]
24 May 2021
INTRODUCTION Turkey’s first legislation addressing personal data protection was enacted on April 4th, 2016. Turkish Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“DP Law”) outlines a similar framework to the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the secondary legislation in the […]
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 […]
15 Apr 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) published the following nine new decision summaries on data controllers operating in several industries: (i) Summary of Decision No. 2021/111: Regarding the contact with the relatives of the debtor concerning the debt, the […]
15 Apr 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) published the following ten new decision summaries on data controllers operating in several industries, predominantly banking: Summary of Decision No. 2020/504: Regarding the request of the relevant person to deliver the call center […]
