Data privacy now sits at the intersection of every commercial discussion: customer onboarding, vendor selection, financing diligence, cross-border product launches. Vircon Legal advises Turkish operating companies, multinational businesses with Turkish footprints, and venture-backed startups on the design and execution of KVKK and GDPR compliance programs — built for actual operational use, not for paper.
Our KVKK and GDPR practice covers:
- Compliance program design. End-to-end privacy program architecture: data mapping, lawful-basis analysis, vendor classification, training cadence, and incident response runbooks.
- Cross-border data flows. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), and explicit-consent frameworks for Turkish data leaving the country — including post-Schrems II analysis for US destinations.
- Privacy notices and consent UX. Multi-layer privacy notices, granular cookie consent (KVKK + GDPR + CCPA stacking), and dark-pattern audits.
- Data Processing Agreements (DPAs). Vendor DPA review and negotiation, sub-processor regimes, and audit-rights mechanics — integrates with our SaaS & IT Contracts practice.
- Data Subject Rights handling. KVKK / GDPR access, deletion, portability, and objection request workflows with response-time tracking.
- Data breach response. 72-hour notification workflows, KVKK Board and DPA communications, customer notification templates, and post-incident remediation.
- DPO services and ongoing advisory. Outsourced Data Protection Officer function, internal training programs, and regulatory horizon scanning.
- AI and automated decision-making. DPIAs for AI-driven products, profiling notices, and automated decision-making rights — see AI & Algorithm Law.
For founders running their own first compliance review, our KVKK + GDPR Compliance Checklist walks through the critical decision points step by step. For ongoing operations, we coordinate with our KVKK Audit service.
Founder Academy resources
Free, practical checklists for this area: KVKK & GDPR Compliance Checklist, VERBİS Registration Checklist.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a full KVKK compliance project include?
Data inventory and processing records, legal-basis mapping, privacy notices and consent flows wired into actual products, data-processing agreements with vendors, VERBİS registration where required, retention and destruction policies, employee training, and an incident-response plan. The deliverable is an operating system, not a binder.
How do cross-border transfers work after the 2024 amendment?
The regime moved from consent-by-default to GDPR-style mechanisms: adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses — which must be notified to the Board within five business days of signing — and binding corporate rules. Explicit consent remains only as a narrow residual ground. Existing transfer arrangements built on old-regime consent need re-papering.
What are the penalty risks under KVKK?
Administrative fines updated annually for breaches of notice, security, and VERBİS obligations; processing bans and data-deletion orders that can hurt more than the fine; and criminal exposure under the Penal Code for unlawful recording or disclosure. Regulators also publish decisions, so reputational cost arrives with the sanction.