To be honest, protection of our personal data has never been a priority for us Turkish people. We have a very warm culture. We like the physical touch and deeply embrace in each other’s lives. In other countrie…

VERBIS IS LIVE! Turkish Data Controllers Registry’s online system VERBIS is live! The Regulation on Data Controller Registry (“RDCR”) was published on December 30, 2017, and came into force on January 1, 2018…

As you might recall, the Regulation on Data Protection Registry was published by the Data Protection Board (“DPA”) literally on the last days of 2017 and entered into force as of 1 January 2018. This was the ma…

The Turkish Data Protection Board (“Board”) has announced on 20 April 2018 the summaries of a total of 8 decisions on its official website. The Board did not disclose its decisions in full but rather shared t…

Finally, the time is up. GDPR becomes the applicable data protection law of the EU as of today. Legislators, regulators and companies had two years to get ready, but apparently it was not enough as not all of…