On October 13, 2023, the Turkish Data Protection Authority ("TDPA") announced the Guidelines on Issues to be Considered in the Processing of Genetic Data ("Guidelines") through an announcement on its website. I…

Every year, the Personal Data Protection Authority publishes updated administrative fines on its page.For more details please click the link below. Link to Fines Table

The Turkish Competition Authority and the Data Protection Authority announced the signing of the Cooperation and Information Sharing Protocol (“Protocol”) between the two authorities on their websites. In thei…

Pursuant to the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”), the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) can take decisions to make exceptions to the obligation to register with the Data Controller…

In 2016, with the approval of Convention No. 108 for the first time in Turkey and the adoption of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data we started to celebrate Data Protection Day. Every year, we look for…