Before we start, we must simply answer why data security is now all of a sudden very important for Turkish companies? This is because, on 7 April 2016 the Turkish Data Protection Law (“Law”) introduced data sec…

As of 7 October 2016, Turkish Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“Law”) will require that explicit consent is obtained for the transfer of personal data overseas. Certain exemptions exist for processing of sens…

As we have examined in our previous publications, the Law No.6698 on Protection of Personal Data (“DP Law”) has entered into force on 07.04.2016 and delayed enforceability of certain provisions for comp…

A New Era for Turkish Data Privacy Practices Late in the night of 24 March 2016, Turkish National Parliament finally took the first step to have the long awaited Data Protection Law (“Law”) in place and sent t…