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The Use of Personal Health Data as Evidence in Divorce Proceedings
(Kişisel Sağlık Verilerinin Boşanma Davasında Delil Olarak Kullanılması)
Abstract
This work was written in Turkish. The summary on this page is a translation; the citation gives the original title in parentheses.
The Constitutional Court’s judgment in the “Application of H. Ö.” (the “Judgment”), application no. 2019/20473, dated 3 February 2022, was published in the Official Gazette of 18 March 2022, No. 31782. The Judgment concerns the allegation that the right to request the protection of personal data, which falls within the right to respect for private life protected by Article 20 of the Constitution, was violated because a complaint about the unlawful obtaining of personal data was not pursued effectively.
The Constitutional Court held unanimously that the claims of the applicant H. Ö. (the “Applicant”) were admissible and that Article 20 of the Constitution had been violated. In this article we briefly assess that judgment of the Constitutional Court and touch on the points that require attention where personal data are obtained in the context of a lawsuit.
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