12 Jan 2023
The Regulation on the Collection, Storage and Sharing of Insurance Data (“Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette dated 18 October 2022 and numbered 31987, entering into force on the same day. The regulation was prepared to regulate the procedures […]
27 Jul 2022
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has published two decisions that would affect the practice in the banking sector, underlining that the processing of the personal data of the bank customers and transferring them to the third parties by […]
27 Jul 2022
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has published 15 new decisions on 23 May 2022. Most of the decisions revolve around the transactions made under conditions where the data controllers are e-commerce platforms. Most notable decisions are as follows: […]
15 Apr 2022
The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) published its principal decision on the blacklist applications of car rental companies, which conceptually includes joint data responsibility for the first time, in Official Gazette dated 20 January 2022 and numbered 31725. When […]
15 Apr 2022
Data Sharing Services API Principles for Payment Services (“Guide”) was published on 16 February 2022 by the Central Bank of Turkey General Directorate of Payment Systems and Financial Technologies. The Guide aims to regulate the API principles and rules […]
11 Apr 2022
During the past decade, the regulation of cybersecurity has become a very hot topic in the world as a result of an increase in the level of importance attributed to data and privacy as well as the digitalisation of […]
1 Feb 2022
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) made a public announcement regarding the processing of personal data by sending a verification code to the data subjects via SMS during in-store shopping (“Announcement”) and published a summary of decision dated 3 […]
1 Feb 2022
The Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Personnel Certification Mechanism (“Communiqué”) prepared by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) was published in Official Gazette numbered 31681 on dated 6 December 2021, as effective of even date. The procedures […]
9 Dec 2021
The following law(s) specifically govern personal data / information: Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“ Law ”) is the main law governing personal data. Other than that, Electronic Communication Law No. 5809, The Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. […]
14 Oct 2021
A new development is added to the recent studies in artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation in Turkey. After the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which we included in the MA Gazette Edition 107, another study came from the Personal Data Protection […]
