Assessment of the Personal Data Protection Board's Decisions Published in the Official Gazette of 18 August 2018

19 August 2018Murat Volkan DülgerCommentary

Introduction

This work was written in Turkish. The summary on this page is a translation; the citation gives the original title in parentheses.

Following the unanimous decision that four of the decisions rendered by the Personal Data Protection Board on the subject be published on the Authority’s website and in the Official Gazette, those decisions were published in the Official Gazette of 18 August 2018, No. 30513. In this study I will assess the decisions in question, also taking into account the legislative provisions previously made on the Data Controllers’ Registry.

On the basis of this assessment, I will make suggestions as to what data controllers running projects for compliance with the Law should pay attention to at the stages of the obligation to register with the Registry. In this way I will try to ensure that the “obligation to register with VERBİS”, a matter on which there are serious uncertainties and open questions for data controllers, is understood at least to some extent in light of the decisions rendered.