Protection of personal data; It is a system to protect personal data belonging to real persons. Basically; It is the binding of the transactions made by real and legal persons who collect, process, store and transfer personal data to certain rules.
In this framework, it is aimed to protect the constitutional rights of individuals. Protection of personal data; It includes the processing of the data within the conditions set forth in the KVKK and other special regulations, and criminal sanctions if the data is processed outside of its purpose.
The term “KVKK” is an abbreviation of the term “Personal Data Protection Law”. The Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) entered into force by being published in the Official Gazette on April 7, 2016. The law regulates many issues such as the general principles to be followed when processing data, personal data processing conditions, the obligation to inform the data controller and the rights of the data owner; It introduces regulations that companies and their employees should pay attention to.
With the law, it is aimed to prevent the unlimited and arbitrary collection of personal data, making it accessible to unauthorized persons, disclosing or violating personal rights as a result of misuse or misuse.
The Law, which aims to control the issue under which rules and under which conditions personal data can be processed, aims to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data by introducing control mechanisms for the processing of personal data. In addition, regulating the obligations of natural and legal persons processing personal data and the procedures and principles to be followed are among the objectives of the Law.
Pursuant to this article, the purpose of the Law is:
– To protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals in the processing of personal data,
– To regulate (discipline) the obligations of natural and legal persons who process personal data and the procedures and principles to be followed,
– Protecting the privacy of individuals (privacy of private life),
– Ensuring personal data security,
In Article 2 of the Law, the scope of the Law is specified. According to this article, the Law will be applied to real persons whose personal data are processed, and to natural and legal persons who process this data fully or partially automatically or non-automatically provided that they are part of any data recording system.
– Determination and analysis of the obligations of the clients within the scope of KVKK,
– Ensuring the necessary cooperation with the IT departments during the creation of the data recording systems that the clients should use in order to fulfill the relevant obligations, and providing the necessary support in terms of harmonizing the data recording systems currently in use with the obligations under the KVKK,
– Preparing and/or revising the contracts that the clients have to conclude with their customers or business partners within the scope of KVKK,
– Providing in-company awareness trainings to all relevant departments (law, HR, IT, marketing, public relations, etc.) within the Data Controller in order to ensure full compliance with the obligations under the KVKK,
Our clients are carefully and meticulously represented in investigations and lawsuits regarding personal data, and effective legal consultancy services are provided to our clients in the field of data protection law, which is becoming more and more technical and complex. In this context, our clients are also regularly informed about market practices and current legal regulations by our competent team.
Thanks to our team’s dominance of the Turkish Data Protection Legislation, our clients are ensured to complete the compliance process with legal regulations and act in accordance with this process, and support is provided in raising awareness of data protection culture within their institutions. For this purpose, regular in-house trainings are provided for our clients and audits are carried out.