KVKK Compliance for Residential Site and Apartment Management in Türkiye
Short answer: Residential site and apartment managements in Türkiye long struggled with a basic question — who is the “data controller”? Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) opened up its framework with its decision 2020/560 of 22 July 2020, and with principle decision 2026/348 — published in the Official Gazette on 31 March 2026 — …
Read more →Biometric Attendance Tracking Is Now Unlawful in Türkiye: Inside KVKK Principle Decision 2026/921
Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Board (Principle Decision 2026/921) has ruled that processing employees’ biometric data for attendance tracking is unlawful — even with explicit consent. Why consent no longer saves it, what the proportionality test means, and the steps employers must take now.
Read more →Data Protection (KVKK) Talk at ELSA
Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu spoke on Türkiye’s data-protection regime (KVKK) at an ELSA event, introducing students to the fundamentals of Law No. 6698.
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