The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rendered a decision dated 06.02.2020 and numbered 2020/93 (“Decision”) regarding the complaints (“Complaints”) of the complainant data subjects (“Complainant”) in respect of the rejection of correction or deletion of health reports and psychiatric diagnoses, which were recorded in the past for various reasons and currently causing problems due to inaccuracy, by the data controller Ministry (“Data Controller”).

The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rendered a decision dated 03.09.2020 and numbered 2020/667 (“Decision”) regarding a complaint of the data subject complainant (“Complaint”) for the request of the data controller insurance company (“Data Controller”) to obtain explicit consent for the renewal of the health insurance policy arranged on behalf of their family and thus the proceeding allegedly violates the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“PDP Law”).

With the transition of the information and document management in the physical environment to the electronic environment, there has been a need for the verification of the information and documents in the electronic environment. In this context, the Electronic Signature Law (“the Law”) numbered 5070 has entered into force as of 23 July 2004 in order to provide security regarding transactions in the electronic environment.

The objectives for the protection of the personal data are announced through the Announcement Meeting of the Human Rights Action Plan held in Ankara on 02.03.2021 by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.

Procedures and principles regarding the turnover loss support to be granted to enterprises operating food and beverage services, due to the coronavirus epidemic, have been determined by the Presidential Decree numbered 3505 ("Decree") published in the Official Gazette dated 06.02.2021 and numbered 31387. Accordingly, the procedures and principles regulated by the Decree are as follows:

Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rendered a decision (“Decision”) dated 09.10.2020 and numbered 2020/787 regarding the data breach notification made by a data controller (“Data Controller”) operating in the healthcare sector.

The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rendered a decision dated 24.11.2020 and numbered 2020/905 (“Decision”) regarding a data controller insurance company’s (“Data Controller”) failure to take the necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure data security and to fulfill the obligation to notify data breach.

One of the important problems relating to the protection of consumers is the application of a hidden price increase by reducing the weight, quantity and similar aspects of basic consumption products, mainly foods and cosmetics and cleaning products. In order to prevent these, an amendment has been made in the secondary regulation. In this context, the amendment made to the Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices is as follows:

With the Constitutional Court Decision ("Decision") dated 12.01.2021 and numbered 2018/31036 and published in the Official Gazette dated 05.02.2021 and numbered 31386, the allegations regarding the violation of the right to demand the protection of personal data and freedom of communication within the scope of respect for private life, were decided upon. The case manifested itself in the form of the termination of the employment contract by the employer of the applicant working in a private bank, due to his correspondence via corporate e-mail investigated by the employer.

The Presidential Decree ("Decree") published in the Official Gazette dated  04.02.2021 and numbered 31385 regulates the procedures and principles regarding the deferral of debts arising from low-interest loans used with the guarantee of Tradesmen and Craftsmen Credit and Guarantee Cooperatives (“TCCGC”)  or directly from HalkBank, by the tradesmen and craftsmen whose businesses are economically damaged due to COVID-19 and who are operating throughout Turkey under the Turkey Tradesmen and Craftsmen Credit and Guarantee Cooperatives Central Union. The aforementioned decision entered into force on the date of publication, effective as of 01.01.2021. The provisions regulated by the Presidential Decree are as follows: