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…
The Performer’s Related Rights in Cinematographic Works
Cinematographic works, which are one of the types of works protected in accordance with the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846 (“IPL”), are defined as “works such as films of an…
Liabilities Regarding Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Are Extended
With the Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers (“Regulation”), and the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and Electronic Money…
Monetary Thresholds are Increased for the Service Providers in Electronic Commerce
With a law published on the Official Gazette dated 07 July 2022 and numbered 31889, significant changes were made in the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce with no. 6563 (“Law”). With the…
Minimum Equity Requirement for Payment Service Institutions is Updated
The procedures and principles regarding payment services and institutions are set out under the Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money…
Transfer of Moral Rights Over Works
Copyrights are protected by the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works with numbered 5846 (“IPL”), but there is no clear definition related to the copyrights in the IPL. The definition of copyright…
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…
Cosmetic Product Advertisements
Pursuant to the Cosmetic Regulation, the definition of a cosmetic product is "all preparations or substances prepared to be applied to different external parts of the human body; epidermis, nails,…
Complaint to the E-Commerce Platforms in Case of Violation of IP Rights
The Regulation on Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and Electronic Commerce Service Providers (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette on 29.12.2022. Within the scope of…
Regulation on E-Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and E-Commerce Service Providers
The Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce was amended on 07.07.2022. Accordingly, the Regulation on Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and Electronic Commerce Service…
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…