Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Contact: Eda Uludere; Erdem & Erdem (Turkey)

Introduction

Law on Protection of Personal Data numbered 6698 (“LPPD” or “Law”) entered into force through publication in the Official Gazette dated 07.04.2016 and numbered 29677. Through enactment of the Law, Turkey has taken the final step on the protection of personal data, and achieved its long-awaited goal in the harmonization process with the European Union. As explained previously, until the entry into force of the Law, the main legal grounds for the protection of personal data were Art. 20 of the Turkish Constitution and Art. 135 of the Turkish Criminal Code.[1] 

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