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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Administrative Fines to be Imposed in 2023 under the Personal Data Protection Law
Administrative fines to be imposed in case of violation of the Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“DPL”) are regulated in Article 18, titled “Misdemeanors”, of the DPL. Within the scope of…
Looking Back at the Legal Developments on Data, Technology, Fintech, E-Commerce and Telecoms in 2022
2022 was another year full of developments in the legal sphere in Turkey. When we look back at 2022, we see that legislators in the Republic of Turkey – as well as in other countries - took…
Regulation on Collection, Storage and Sharing of Insurance Data
“Regulation on Collection, Storage and Sharing of Insurance Data” (“Regulation”) which is prepared by the Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Authority (“Authority”) within the…