ErsoyBilgehan Publications

03 October 2018

Client Alert

REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS HAVE STARTED: CONTROLLERS HAVE 12 MONTHS TO REGISTER:

As our readers may recall from our earlier coverage of the data controllers’ registry, Data Protection Board (“DPB”), with its decision numbered 2018/88 (“Decision”), had previously determined the timeline for data controllers’ obligation to register with the data controllers’ registry system, “VERBIS”. According to the DPB’s Decision, registration obligations for the data controllers below have started.

Yusuf Mansur ÖZER, Mert TAŞKIN

29 August 2018

Client Alert

DATA PROTECTION BOARD ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS WILL START IN OCTOBER:

A series of decisions by the Data Protection Board (“DPB”) in relation to the obligation to register with the Data Controllers’ Registry (“Registry”) were recently published in the Official Gazette. The decisions set out new exemptions from registration obligations and provide the timeline for registration with the Registry.

Yusuf Mansur ÖZER, Mert TAŞKIN

25 June 2018

Client Alert

DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY DECLARES THE CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES TO BE UTILISED IN CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS:

Turkish legislation on personal data protection continues to develop with the resolutions and declarations of the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“DPA”). The recent developments shed light on the transfer of personal data outside Turkey without relying on the explicit consent of the data subject and the data controllers who will be kept exempt from the obligation to register with the Data Controllers’ Registry (“Registry”).

Yusuf Mansur ÖZER, Mert TAŞKIN

08 January 2018

Client Alert

REGULATION ON DATA CONTROLLERS’ REGISTRY IS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE, HERE IS WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS:

The Regulation on Data Controllers’ Registry, yet another anticipated regulation to be drafted within the framework of the Data Protection Law, is published in the Official Gazette no. 30286 and dated 30 December 2017.