Personal Data Protection

In the field of personal data protection, we provide our clients with comprehensive legal support both in structuring compliance processes and in resolving disputes that arise. We do not merely ensure compliance with legal requirements; we also position data governance as a strategic tool for establishing a sustainable and trustworthy corporate structure.

Personal Data Protection Law  compliance process requires more than the preparation of the necessary documentation. It involves establishing an integrated framework that encompasses all business units, processes, and supplier relationships of the company, and that is aligned with internal procedures, contracts, technical infrastructure, and employee conduct. Properly establishing this framework is of critical importance both for achieving a strong position against potential audits and sanctions by the Personal Data Protection Authority and for reinforcing the trust of customers and business partners.

We design compliance projects by taking into account our clients’ existing business processes and operational realities, and we act with due regard to the unique dynamics and data processing practices of each sector. The experience we have gained through comprehensive compliance projects carried out for multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, insurance, and e-commerce sectors enables us to offer clients practical, sector-specific, and lasting solutions.

Personal Data Protection Law compliance is not a project that is completed once and then put aside. Legislation continues to evolve, decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board create new obligations, and companies’ business models and technological infrastructures change over time. For this reason, we provide our clients with ongoing legal advisory support in order to ensure the sustainability of personal data protection compliance. We closely monitor legislative developments and decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board and ensure that the necessary measures are taken in a timely manner.

Thanks to our international legal experience, we take a holistic approach not only to obligations arising under Turkish law but also to those arising from EU data protection legislation, and we provide our clients with a secure legal framework for cross-border data transfers.

Some of the services we provide to our clients within the scope of personal data protection law are as follows:

• Identification of personal data processing activities and flow maps; preparation of data inventories and personal data retention and destruction policies
• Drafting privacy notices, explicit consent forms, cookie policies, and privacy statements
• Providing support in VERBIS registration and update processes
• Establishing the legal infrastructure for cross-border data transfers and implementing standard contractual mechanisms
• Incorporating data processing provisions into supplier, service provider, and business partner agreements
• Representation before the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) in application, investigation, and administrative sanction proceedings
• End-to-end management of data breach notification processes and provision of all necessary legal advisory services
• Organizing in-house data protection awareness training sessions
• Data protection compliance due diligence in mergers and acquisitions
• Preparing the necessary data protection law-compliant documentation infrastructure for mobile applications and websites