“The Draft Regulation on Operating Principles of Digital Bank and Service Model Banking ”, (“Draft Regulation“) has been drafted by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (“BDDK”) and has been published in the Official Website (www.bddk.org.tr) on 19.08.2021. The Draft Regulation regulates the conditions for providing the operating principles and banking services of branchless banks, which...
“National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2021-2025″, which drafted in cooperation with the Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and the Ministry of Industry and Technology announced on 24.08.2021. With the publication of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (“NAIS”), which is the first national strategy document of our country on artificial intelligence...
“The Presidential Circular on the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy”, ("Circular") has been drafted by the Presidency of Digital Transformation Office and the Ministry of Industry and Technology has been published in the Official Gazette dated 20.08.2021 and numbered 31574.
It was decided to amend the Decision on Taking Regulatory Measures on Some Issues Regarding User Rights in the Postal Sector, dated 23.09.2019 and numbered 2019/DK-SRD/206, via the Decision of the Information Technologies and Communication Board (“Board”), dated 03.08.2021 and numbered 2021/DK-SRD/212.
“The Regulation on the Reconciliation Procedure Applicable in Investigations Regarding Anti-Competitive Agreements, Harmonious Act and Decisions, and Abuse of Dominance” (“Regulation”) has been published by the Competition Authority (“Authority”) in the Official Gazette dated 15.07.2021 and numbered 31542. The Regulation regulates pursuant to Article 43 of the Law No 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law”); the procedures and principles regarding the process to be applied for the reconciliation for those who accept the existence and scope of the violation among the undertakings, or the associations of undertakings; about which an investigation has initiated regarding the prohibited actions in the Articles 4 and 6 of the Law. The regulation had entered into force in date of its publication. The procedures and principles regulated by the Regulation are as followings:
The “Communiqué on the International Bank Account Number” (“Communiqué”) has been published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in the Official Gazette dated 05.08.2021 and numbered 31559. Within the scope of the Communiqué, the amendments have been made to the Communiqué on International Bank Account Number (Number: 2008/6) published in the Official Gazette dated 10/10/2008 and numbered 27020. The purpose of this Communiqué is to determine the principles and procedures regarding the application of the international bank account number by the payment service providers:
“The Regulation on the Applicant’s Identity Verification Process in the Electronic Communications Sector” (“Regulation”) has been published by the Information Technology and Communication Agency in the Official Gazette dated 26.06.2021 and numbered 31523. The Regulation regulates the procedures and principles regarding the process to be applied for the verification of the applicant’s identity in case of electronic documentation of the following issues: subscription contract, GSM number porting application, qualified electronic certificate application,
Our “Legal Adaptation Process to Covid-19” Bulletin including the legal measures taken specific to economic and commercial engagements in terms of Covid-19 pandemic, which emerged in January 2020 and has an impact all over the world, is updated with the legal regulations introduced in June 2021.
Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rendered a decision dated 06.05.2021 and numbered 2021/470 (“Decision”) regarding the unredeemed access request of a data subject working in a data controller company (“Data Subject”) to the employer Data Controller (“Data Controller”), for the access to personal data regarding meal card account activities. Pursuant to the Decision, the Data Subject requested from the Data Controller to be forwarded the account movements of the meal card allocated to him/her by the Data Controller. In order to provide the requested information to the Data Subject, the Data Controller has requested certain information to verify the identity of the Data Subject.
Within the framework of the announcement (“Announcement”) published on the website of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) on 25.06.2021, it is stated that there were hesitations in the opinion requests delivered to the Authority, about the registration obligations of business partnerships, consortia and ordinary partnerships in the Data Controllers’ Registry (“Registry”).
