DATA PROTECTION LAW IS NOW FULLY EFFECTIVE, THE PARLIAMENT ELECTS THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE DATA PROTECTION BOARD:

The Law on the Protection of Personal Data is fully effective as of today. This means that the articles relating to (i) transfer of personal data, (ii) rights of the data subject, (iii) data controllers’ registry, (iv) administrative fines, and (v) criminal penalties are now in force.

DATA PROTECTION LAW BECOMES FULLY EFFECTIVE IN JUST OVER A WEEK, ADMINISTRATIVE FINES CAN REACH AS HIGH AS TRY 1,000,000:

As of 7 October 2016, the Data Protection Law shall be fully effective. Although the supervisory data protection authority is yet to be established, we highly recommend our clients to take the necessary steps towards full compliance with the Data Protection Law.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDES TO: DATA PROTECTION 2016:

The ICLG series provides current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas and it follows a question and answer format which ensures thorough coverage of each topic within different legal systems worldwide.

ERSOYBILGEHAN CONTRIBUTES TO THE TURKEY CHAPTER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDES TO DATA PROTECTION:

Our firm has contributed to the Turkey chapter of International Comparative Legal Guides (“ICLG”) to Data Protection prepared by the Global Legal Group.