Worldwide: Data Protection

PERYON-PY (Popüler Yönetim) Dergisi'nde yayınlanan bu makale, modern çalışma ortamlarında dijital teknolojilerin çalışanlar üzerindeki denetim etkilerini ve çalışanların ulaşılamama hakkını inceliyor. Dijitalleşmenin iş hayatındaki gözetim boyutları ve çalışan hakları arasındaki dengeyi ele alan bu değerlendirme, güncel bir perspektif sunuyor.

Klinik araştırma başvurularında güven uygulamaları kılavuz değişikliği. Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu’nun (“Kurum”) tarafından yayımlanan Klinik Araştırma Başvurularında Güven Uygulamaları...

Social media has significantly expanded individuals’ ability to express their opinions, access information, and participate in public debate. However, this expansion has also created new areas of infringement with respect to individuals’ honor and reputation, private life, visual data, personal data, and social standing. Under Turkish law, the violation of personal rights through social media posts is not resolved through a single legal norm; rather, it is assessed through the combined application of the Constitution, the Turkish Civil Code, the Turkish Code of Obligations, the Turkish Penal Code, Law No. 5651, and Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

The Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has clarified a key issue in data protection practices through its Principle Decision dated 18 February 2026 and numbered 2026/347.

In the objection application numbered 2025/120 filed before the Constitutional Court ("CC"), it was alleged that Article 27(2) of the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 (the "Law"), which provides for the publication of court decisions regarding name changes on the announcement portal of the Press Advertisement Agency, is unconstitutional, within the scope of a lawsuit filed for the correction of the civil registry.

The posting of debt lists in common areas within residential complexes is not merely a matter of “administrative convenience”; it constitutes a direct act of personal data processing and, in many cases, qualifies as a data breach. Such practices, often carried out reflexively under traditional property management habits, are in clear conflict with the principles of data security and proportionality set forth under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

Söz konusu İlke Kararı ile, veri sorumluları tarafından açık rıza metinleri ile aydınlatma metinlerinin ayrı ayrı düzenlenmesi gerektiği açık şekilde ortaya konulmuştur.

Cautionary Resolution on the Separate Preparation of Clarification Texts and Explicit Consent Texts by Data Controllers With its Cautionary Resolution ("Cautionary Resolution") dated 18.02.2026 and numbered 2026/347, the Personal Data Protection Board ("Board") has clarified the implementation principles regarding the preparation of clarification texts and explicit consent texts under the Personal Data Protection Law ("PDPL"). The Cautionary Resolution explicitly emphasises that these two texts have differe

The Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has issued a Principle Decision dated 11 February 2026 (No. 2026/266) concerning the use of loyalty card programs in Turkey.