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…

by Ebru Gümüş

Turkish Data Protection Authority Started Enforcement Against Foreign Controllers

Recently, the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) started sending information request letters dated August 15, 2022, to foreign controllers (data controllers located outside Turkey but…

by C. Sümeyye Uçar

Foreign Data Controllers Must Appoint a Data Controller Representative in Turkey

The Law on Personal Data Protection w. no: 6698 (“DPL”) sets forth obligations, principles and procedures which shall be binding upon natural or legal persons who process personal data. Similar to…

by C. Sümeyye Uçar

COMMITMENT LETTER APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA ABROAD

The conditions of the transfer of personal data abroad are regulated under Turkish Data Protection Law w. no 6698 (“DPL”). One of the conditions is that in the case that one of the conditions of…

by Bensu Özdemir