The Law No. 7499 on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law and Certain Laws, also referred to as the 8th Judicial Reform Package (the "Law") published in the Official Gazette dated March 12, 2024.
The Law includes some long-awaited amendments for the purpose of aligning the Turkish Data Protection Law (the "DPL") with the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (the "GDPR").
The following articles of the DPL were amended (details are provided in the following pages):
- Article 6: Conditions for Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data
- Article 9: Conditions for Transfer of Personal Data Abroad
- Article 18: Application against Data Protection Board Decisions
- Provisional Article 3: Transitional Provision
Effective Date of Amendments
These amendments entered into force on June 1, 2024, yet "transfer of personal data abroad with explicit consent" is considered compliant with the DPL until September 1, 2024!
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