Personal Data Protection Decisions of European Court of Human Rights -5
Decisions about “Collection, Storage and Use of Personal Data in the Context of Particular Fields”
Corporate Income Tax of Banks and FinTech Companies is Specified as 25%
“The Law on the Evaluation of Immovable Property Owned by the Treasury and the Amendment to the Value Added Tax Law and the Law on Amending Certain Laws and Decrees” (“Amending Law”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 15.04.2022 and numbered 31810.
Recent Developments on Payment Obligations on Movable Sales Contracts
With the “Communiqué Amending the Communiqué No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency”, which was published in the Official Gazette No. 31814 on 19.04.2022, rendering a payment in Turkish Liras becomes compulsory for movable sales contracts.
Significant Amendments Made in Turkish E-Commerce Legislation
The Law on Amending the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce (“Law”) was adopted by the Turkish Parliament on 01.07.2022 for reasons that the previous version of Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce was not sufficient to solve the problems created by new business models brought by technological developments and digitalization, …
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New Decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board Published – Part 1
The Personal Data Protection Board “(“Board””) has published its decisions regarding the complaints submitted to it on the allegations of unlawful processing of personal data on various issues on its website on 18.07.2022. A summary of some of the published decisions we consider significant is submitted for your information in 5 parts.
New Decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board Published – Part 2
The Board’s Decision dated 18.01.2022 and numbered 2022/31 on the processing of personal data for the purpose of sending commercial electronic messages without obtaining explicit consent from the data subject by the data controller operating in the health sector
New Decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board Published – Part 3
The Board’s decision dated 24.02.2022 and numbered 2022/172 on requesting sensitive personal data from employee candidates during the recruitment process by the contact office of the data controller residing abroad in Turkey
New Decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board Published – Part 4
The Board’s Decision dated 16.12.2021 and numbered 2021/1258 on the unlawful processing of personal data by the data controller company whose employment contract has ended
New Decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board Published – Part 5
The Board’s Decision dated 23.12.2021 and numbered 2021/1303 on the processing of personal data by the data controller car rental program software developer and vendor companies and the creation of a blacklist program that enables sharing of these data among car rental companies.
Amendment to the Regulation on Opening a Business and Working Licenses
With the Regulation on Opening a Business and Working Licenses (“Regulation”), published in the Official Gazette No. 31934 on 25.08.2022, the conditions regarding the business and working licenses have been updated as follows.