News & Legal Updates
May 26, 2023
Transferring the Health Data of a Data Subject to the Public Institution
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) evaluated a complaint application regarding the transfer of a data subject's health data to a public institution for an administrative lawsuit in its…
May 24, 2023
Telehealth Services Q&A Guide – Turkey
Our firm's Q&A Guide on Telehealth Services in Turkey can be accessed here.
May 18, 2023
Processing of Personal Data of the Child without the Explicit Consent of the Parent
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) evaluated the complaint application regarding the processing of the child's personal data by a data controller marketing company by sending promotional…
May 16, 2023
Transferring Personal Data Abroad Without Obtaining Explicit Consent
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application regarding the transferring of personal data without explicit consent by a bank to an insurance company in its…
May 11, 2023
Continuing to Process Personal Data of the Employee by the Employer After the Termination of the Employment Contract
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application about continuing to process the personal data of the data subject by the employer after the termination of the…
May 9, 2023
Data Subject Requests Under Turkish Data Protection Law
Data Subject Requests Under Turkish Data Protection Law The Law on Protection of Personal Data w. no. 6698 (“DPL”) contains data subject rights that are similar to those that can be found in…
May 9, 2023
Transferring Personal Data Abroad Without Obtaining Explicit Consent
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application regarding transferring personal data of the data subject abroad without explicit consent by a technology company…
May 4, 2023
Sharing the Photos Taken During Surgery
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application about sharing the photos taken during surgery of the data subject and published on the social media account by a…
May 2, 2023
Sending Order Information to Erroneous Email Address
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application regarding sending the order information of a third party from the e-commerce website which is the data controller…
April 28, 2023
Failure to Provide the Privacy Policy and Explicit Consent Wording for Cookies
The Personal Data Protection Board (“the Board”) evaluated the complaint application regarding the failure of the data controller to provide the privacy policy and explicit consent wording for…
April 3, 2023
Procedures and Principles About Social Network Provider
The new decision of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (“BTK”) on the “Procedures and Principles About Social Network Provider” (“Procedures and Principles”) was published on…
April 3, 2023
Sosyal Ağ Sağlayıcı Hakkında Usul ve Esaslar
Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu’nun (“BTK”) “Sosyal Ağ Sağlayıcı Hakkında Usul ve Esaslar”ına (“Usul ve Esaslar”) ilişkin yeni kararı, 1 Nisan 2023 tarihinde Resmi Gazete’de…