Data Protection

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KVKK Principle Decision 2026/921 — biometric attendance tracking

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.

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.