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Data Controllers are burdened with obligation to inform data subjects pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Personal Data Protection Law (“the Law No. 6698”). Data controllers must follow the information obligation in principle. However, GDPR and Law No. 6698 include several exemptions with regard to the information obligation.       Information …

The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) imposed an administrative fine of 120.000 Turkish Liras to a Bank due to the fact that the information notice published by the Bank was not prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures to be followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform …

The French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) imposed a fine of 60 million Euro against Google LLC and 40 million Euro against Google Ireland Limited on 7 December 2020. CNIL fined Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited companies for a total of 100 million Euro for having placed cookies on the computers of Google search engine …

Summary The Regulation on the Processing of Personal Data and Protection of Confidentiality in the Electronic Communications Sector (“the Regulation“), published on December 4, 2020, regulates the rules to be complied with while processing personal data within the scope of electronic communication services. The scope of the Regulation is limited to the operators operating in …

Pursuant to the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No.6698 (“the Law“), data controllers are obliged to ensure data security. Breach notification obligation of data controllers is stipulated for the events that affect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personal data (data breaches). Below you may find our explanations on data breach notification obligation …

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) initiated two antitrust cases against Facebook on 9 December 2020. Facebook has been accused of “abusing its dominance in the digital market, monopolization and engaging in anti-competitive behavior”. The FTC’s complaint alleges that Facebook has for many years been unlawfully stifling competition and strengthening its monopoly. Facebook’s unlawful practices include …

Some amendments have been made in the Warranty Certificate Regulation, After Sales Services Regulation and Introduction and Operating Manuals Regulation with the regulations published in the Official Gazette dated 5 November 2020 and numbered 31295. The legislative amendments will take effect on January 1, 2021. The amendtments are about the following: 1-     It is regulated …

On 24 December 2020, the domestic eSIM technology was introduced to the public in an event hosted by the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (“BTK”). Within the scope of the presentation, industrial and individual benefits and advantages, security level and potential usage areas of eSIM technology were discussed. It was pointed out that the maintenance …