The Turkish Data Protection Authority published an announcement on 27 March 2020 on its website in order to remind that fighting against COVID-19 in these unprecedented days is not an excuse for not complying w…

In Turkey, we also, celebrate this special day on the 28th of January with increasing excitement each year. In the article, we published to mark last year's Data Privacy Day, we shared some local insights which…

This document sets out an overview on the implementation of the Turkish Data Protection Law no. 6698 (‘TDPL’) in light of the decisions and orders of the Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) in Turkey. We aimed to…

The deadlines for registration with the Data Controllers Registry (“Registry”) has been extended by the Data Protection Board (“Board”) with its decision dated 27th December 2019 and numbered 2019/387. The Boar…

The long-awaited Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe’s opinion on Schrems II case was finally published today. Advocate General Øe said that Commission Decision 2010/87/EU on standard contractual clauses (“SCC”)…