Time to Legalize Data Transfers from Turkey - Deadline: September 1, 2024.
TIME TO LEGALIZE DATA TRANSFERS FROM TURKEY - DEADLINE September 1, 2024 As we posted here last week, the Regulation on The Procedures and Principles for Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data…
A New Era in Cross-Border Data Transfers in Turkey
The Law Proposal Amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and Certain Laws and Decree Law No. 659 (“Law Proposal”), which embodies significant changes to the Law No. 6698 on the Personal Data…
Turkish Data Protection Board Decision: Unlawful Voice Recordings in Labor Disputes
In its decision dated September 7, 2023 and numbered 2023/1548, the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) evaluated a complaint regarding an employer submitting voice recordings of an…
Sending SMS for Marketing Purposes Without Explicit Consent
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) evaluated a complaint regarding the processing of personal data by sending text messages for marketing purposes without explicit consent in its decision…
Sharing Statements Received from a Data Subject During a Job Interview
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) evaluated a complaint regarding a company sharing the information about a data subject's current employer received in a job interview with the data…
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…
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…
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…
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…