LEGAL OVERVIEW ABOUT PERSONAL DATA

The Law on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) numbered 6698 is published on the official gazette dated 07.04.2016. The justification of Law clarifies that collection and transmission of one’s personal data through the information systems has become unavoidable in the last decades either by a private sector or a public sector. Although the collection and usage of personal data is necessary in some instances in terms of social and business life, it is also essential to protect one’s fundamental rights and freedoms which are secured by both international treaties and the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey. Thereby to balance between one’s fundamental rights and functioning of business and social life has become a current issue as a primary need.      

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